Noppert Lands Maiden PDC Title

ProTour

DANNY NOPPERT landed his first PDC title with a 6-4 win over Ian White in the final of Players Championship 20.

Hopp Picks Up Second Title In Dublin

ProTour

MAX HOPP picked up his second PDC ranking title with a 6-3 win over Madars Razma in the final of Players Championship 19.

Players Championship 19-20 Entries

ProTour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header in Dublin on September 28-29.

ET13 Seeds Confirmed For Göttingen

European Tour

THE seeds for the European Darts Trophy have been confirmed ahead of October's final 2018 European Tour event.

2019 PDC Calendar Confirmed

News

THE 2019 PDC calendar will see over 200 days of darts - schedule for next year now available!

Klaasen Heads ET11 Host Nation Qualifiers

European Tour

JELLE KLAASEN, Vincent van der Voort and Jeffrey de Zwaan headlined the six Host Nation Qualifiers for the Dutch Darts Championship.

Aspinall Targets Further Success

News

NATHAN ASPINALL admits that Wednesday's Players Championship victory has given him the taste for further titles.

New Format & Prize Fund For Coral UK Open

Ladbrokes UK Open

THE Coral UK Open will enjoy a huge change in format for 2019 and a prize fund boost to £450,000.

Aspinall Claims Maiden Title

ProTour

NATHAN ASPINALL claimed his first PDC ranking title with a win over Ryan Searle in the final of Players Championship 18.

Clinical Wright Lands PC17 Title

ProTour

PETER WRIGHT claimed his third PDC title of the year at Players Championship 17.

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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