Price ready to roar again after 'frustrating' three months

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Gerwyn Price is excited for a return to action at PDC Super Series 4.

Players Championships 13-16 entries confirmed

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Player entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events 13-16 (PDC Super Series 4).

PDC Super Series 5 moves to Coventry

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PDC Super Series 5 will now be staged at Coventry's Ricoh Arena from July 5-8.

One week until PDC stars return to action at Super Series 4

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The countdown to Super Series 4 is almost complete.

Further eight Players Championships confirmed for June & July

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A further eight Players Championship events have been confirmed for June and July 2021.

Brilliant Van den Bergh claims maiden ProTour win

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Dimitri Van den Bergh picked up his maiden Players Championship title as PDC Super Series 3 came to a close.

Van Duijvenbode secures first PDC Ranking Title

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Dirk van Duijvenbode secured his first ranking title after beating Martijn Kleermaker 8-6 in the Players Championship 11 final.

Super Smith secures Players Championship 10 success

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Michael Smith claimed his first title of 2021 with victory over Ross Smith in Sunday's Players Championship 10.

Incredible De Sousa storms to Players Championship 9 win

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Jose de Sousa took victory on the opening day of PDC Super Series 3 with an astonishing 8-1 defeat of Luke Humphries.

Players Championships 9-12 entries confirmed

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Player entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events 9-12 (PDC Super Series 3).

Brendan Dolan continued his resurgence by winning Players Championship 29 in Barnsley on Monday, while Peter Wright set a new record for the highest ever recorded average in a live broadcast match.

Having ended his five-year wait for a PDC title at Players Championship 22 in August, Dolan made it two in just over months with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Ian White in the final.

The Northern Irishman fired in averages of 104.9 and 104.8 in victories over Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price respectively on his way to the semi-finals, before overcoming record-breaker Wright in a last-leg decider to reach the final.

"I can still do it, I played quality darts today at the right times and I think I deserved any luck I got," said Dolan, who now has six PDC titles to his name.

"The one in Hildesheim was more of a relief, whereas today I came into it with more belief that I could win having done it recently.

"When you've not been winning for five years your confidence is not so high and winning in Hildesheim has drastically changed that.

"In my head today I was determined to add money to my ranking to give me shot of qualifying for the 2020 World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

"I've missed those two events for the last three years and it's killed me not being there, so hopefully next year I will be."

Former World Grand Prix runner-up Dolan produced checkouts of 136 and 161 to hold throw in two of the opening four legs of the final, before finding his way through to double three for the first break of the match in leg seven to take a 4-3 lead.

Another ton-plus finish, this time a 108, opened up a two-leg cushion for Dolan, an advantage which he soon doubled by taking the next two legs.

White then began a spirited comeback, and after Dolan squandered three match darts in leg 12, White found himself within a leg of Dolan at 6-7.

However, Dolan held firm and a strong leg on throw saw ended with him hitting the match-winning double at the fifth attempt.

Earlier in the day, Wright averaged 123.5 in his 6-0 quarter-final win against Krzysztof Ratajski, the highest ever recorded in a live broadcast darts match.

The previous record broadcast average was 123.4, set by Michael van Gerwen in a 7-1 defeat of Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League.

Elsewhere, the day was also a significant one for Ron Meulenkamp who reached his sixth ProTour semi-final, but the Dutchman was unable to break his duck of never making it to a final.

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