Anderson Denies Nine-Dart Wright

ProTour

GARY ANDERSON defeated nine-dart hero Peter Wright 6-3 in the final of Players Championship Ten.

Nine-Dart Van Gerwen Claims Victory

ProTour

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN landed a nine-dart finish as he won his second Players Championship of 2017.

Players Championship 9-10 Entries

ProTour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header on April 29-30.

Cullen's Maiden Title Delight

ProTour

JOE CULLEN secured his first PDC ProTour title as he claimed victory in Players Championship Eight.

Maiden Title For Gurney With PC7 Win

ProTour

DARYL GURNEY won his first ranking title at Players Championship Seven in Barnsley.

Revenge Win For Van Gerwen

ProTour

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN got back to winning ways on the PDC ProTour in Players Championship Six.

Lewis Wins Players Championship Five

ProTour

ADRIAN LEWIS clinched his first ProTour title of the year at Players Championship Five.

Players Championship 7-8 Entries

ProTour

THE entries have been confirmed for the fourth Players Championship weekend of 2017.

Players Championship 5-6 Entries

ProTour

THE entries have been confirmed for the Players Championship weekend on April 1-2 in Milton Keynes.

Wright's Coral UK Open Qualifying Hat-Trick

Ladbrokes UK Open

PETER WRIGHT made it a third victory in qualifying for the Coral UK Open, beating James Wade in the final of Qualifier Six.

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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