Darts: Sixth Set

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World Matchplay field will be finalised after today's event. Van Barneveld, Lewis or Beaton all need to win today to qualify.

Cullen, Anderson and King have all withdrawn from today's event.

PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 20

ROUND 1 (selected)
Jose de Sousa - bye
Rob Cross 6-5 Justin Pipe (101-94)
Raymond Van Barneveld 6-4 Jason Heaver (93-97)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Gordon Mathers (110-101)
Devon Petersen 6-4 Jake Jones (93-83)
Brendan Dolan 6-3 William Borland (89-92)
Michael Smith 6-4 Danny Baggish (97-90)
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Wayne Jones (95-84)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Adam Hunt (108-88)
Ian White 6-3 Lewis Williams (85-90)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 Adam Gawlas (91-95)
Chris Dobey 6-0 Andy Hamilton (81-65)
Glen Durrant 1-6 Rowby-John Rodriguez (87-97)
Dirk Van Duijvenbode 2-6 Kim Huybrechts (92-103)
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Andrew Gilding (94-80)
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Keane Barry (101-93)
Ross Smith 5-6 John Michael (103-98)
Stephen Bunting 2-6 Martin Schindler (89-95)
James Wade 6-3 Peter Jacques (94-93)
Jeffrey de Zwaan 3-6 Darius Labanauskas (95-97)
Damon Heta 1-6 Keegan Brown (90-99)
Peter Wright 6-3 Boris Krcmar (106-105)
Steve Brown 6-4 Lisa Ashton (92-83)
Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Simon Whitlock (97-98)
Daryl Gurney 6-3 Alan Tabern (100-98)
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Martin Lukeman (95-86)
Adrian Lewis 6-0 Harald Leitinger (95-81)
Brett Claydon 4-6 Boris Koltsov (84-86)
Danny Noppert 6-3 Jose Justicia (101-99)
Luke Humphries 5-6 Maik Kuivenhoven (91-89)

ROUND 2 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-2 Geert de Vos (104-90)
Rob Cross 2-6 Raymond Van Barneveld (95-103)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Scott Mitchell (95-95)
Devon Petersen 5-6 Chas Barstow (88-83)
Brendan Dolan 6-5 David Evans (101-95)
Michael Smith 6-4 Alan Soutar (94-91)
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Darren Webster (92-92)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4 Matthew Edgar (93-93)
Ian White 4-6 Max Hopp (91-94)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-1 John Henderson (113-105)
Chris Dobey 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez (105-100)
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Ciaran Teehan (91-84)
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Krzysztof Kciuk (96-88)
James Wade 6-5 Jon Worsley (93-85)
Peter Wright 6-4 Steve Brown (98-92)
Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Karel Sedlacek (101-93)
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Gary Blades (101-89)
Jonny Clayton 2-6 Adrian Lewis (95-94)
Ryan Searle 6-2 Boris Koltsov (105-84)
Danny Noppert 6-2 Kevin Doets (92-86)

ROUND 3 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Niels Zonneveld (104-99)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Raymond Van Barneveld (100-100)
Brendan Dolan 6-1 James Wilson (101-89)
Michael Smith 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena (98-91)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Max Hopp (199-92)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 Chris Dobey (101-94)
Dave Chisnall 6-4 Mickey Mansell (87-91)
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Florian Hempel (105-98)
James Wade 6-5 Jason Lowe (98-95)
Peter Wright 6-5 Martijn Kleermaker (96-87)
Nathan Aspinall 4-6 Daryl Gurney (102-97)
Adrian Lewis 3-6 Ryan Searle (90-104)
Danny Noppert 6-4 Robert Thornton (99-96)

ROUND 4
Jose de Sousa 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh (106-102)
Brendan Dolan 4-6 Chas Barstow (93-93)
Michael Smith 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski (97-100)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-3 Dave Chisnall (94-90)
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Martin Schindler (95-84)
James Wade 6-1 Eddie Lovely (94-78)
Peter Wright 6-4 Daryl Gurney (104-92)
Danny Noppert 6-4 Ryan Searle (98-92)

QUARTER-FINALS
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Chas Barstow (107-96)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 Michael Smith (102-96)
Gerwyn Price 3-6 James Wade (94-90)
Peter Wright 6-3 Danny Noppert (98-87)

SEMI-FINALS
Michael Van Gerwen 7-2 Jose de Sousa (99-96)
Peter Wright 7-2 James Wade (102-86)

FINAL
Michael Van Gerwen 2-8 Peter Wright (106-109)

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WORLD MATCHPLAY, Blackpool, July 17-25

ORDER OF MERIT QUALIFIERS (seeds)
1 Gerwyn Price
2 Peter Wright
3 Michael Van Gerwen
4 James Wade
5 Rob Cross
6 Gary Anderson
7 Michael Smith
8 Dimitri Van den Bergh
9 Dave Chisnall
10 Jose de Sousa
11 Nathan Aspinall
12 Glen Durrant
13 Krzysztof Ratajski
14 Daryl Gurney
15 Joe Cullen
16 Jonny Clayton

PROTOUR QUALIFIERS (non-seeds)
Brendan Dolan
Devon Petersen
Damon Heta
Danny Noppert
Dirk Van Duijvenbode
Ross Smith
Mensur Suljovic
Stephen Bunting
Mervyn King
Luke Humphries
Gabriel Clemens
Vincent Van der Voort
Ryan Searle
Ian White
Callan Rydz
Chris Dobey

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WORLD MATCHPLAY, Blackpool, July 17-25

FIRST ROUND DRAW
Gerwyn Price (1) v Mensur Suljovic
Jonny Clayton (16) v Dirk Van Duijvenbode
Dimitri Van den Bergh (8) v Devon Petersen
Dave Chisnall (9) v Vincent Van der Voort
James Wade (4) v Luke Humphries
Krzysztof Ratajski (13) v Brendan Dolan
Rob Cross (5) v Ross Smith
Glen Durrant (12) v Callan Rydz
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Peter Wright (2) v Danny Noppert
Joe Cullen (15) v Chris Dobey
Michael Smith (7) v Ryan Searle
Jose de Sousa (10) v Gabriel Clemens
Michael Van Gerwen (3) v Damon Heta
Daryl Gurney (14) v Ian White
Gary Anderson (6) v Stephen Bunting
Nathan Aspinall (11) v Mervyn King

ODDS
9/2 Van Gerwen
5/1 Price
7/1 de Sousa
8/1 Wright
12/1 Van den Bergh
14/1 Clayton
20/1 Wade
25/1 Anderson
25/1 Aspinall
28/1 M Smith
33/1 Chisnall
33/1 Cross
33/1 Ratajski
33/1 Van Duijvenbode
40/1 Cullen
50/1 Humphries
66/1 Dobey
66/1 Dolan
66/1 Heta
66/1 King
80/1 Bunting
80/1 Clemens
80/1 Gurney
80/1 Searle
80/1 White
100/1 Noppert
100/1 Petersen
100/1 R Smith
100/1 Suljovic
125/1 Rydz
150/1 Durrant
150/1 Van der Voort

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Apologies for no updates all last week - no laptop access.

PETER WRIGHT took the honours, thumping defending champion Dimitri Van den Bergh in the final.

WORLD MATCHPLAY, Blackpool, July 17-25

FIRST ROUND
Gerwyn Price (1) 10-4 Jermaine Wattimena (97-85)
Jonny Clayton (16) 10-7 Dirk Van Duijvenbode (96-93)
Dimitri Van den Bergh (8) 10-5 Devon Petersen (95-84)
Dave Chisnall (9) 10-8 Vincent Van der Voort (98-94)
James Wade (4) 3-10 Luke Humphries (93-101)
Krzysztof Ratajski (13) 10-4 Brendan Dolan (102-96)
Rob Cross (5) 10-8 Ross Smith (100-91)
Glen Durrant (12) 6-10 Callan Rydz (84-82)
Peter Wright (2) 10-2 Danny Noppert (100-92)
Joe Cullen (15) 10-8 Chris Dobey (98-97)
Michael Smith (7) 10-7 Ryan Searle (92-92)
Jose de Sousa (10) 10-2 Gabriel Clemens (97-92)
Michael Van Gerwen (3) 10-7 Damon Heta (96-90)
Daryl Gurney (14) 7-10 Ian White (94-94)
Gary Anderson (6) 10-5 Stephen Bunting (94-84)
Nathan Aspinall (11) 10-6 Mervyn King (95-92)

SECOND ROUND
Gerwyn Price 11-3 Jonny Clayton (101-97)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 11-8 Dave Chisnall (104-96)
Krzysztof Ratajski 11-5 Luke Humphries (100-98)
Rob Cross 8-11 Callan Rydz (95-92)
Peter Wright 11-5 Joe Cullen (105-90)
Michael Smith 13-11 Jose de Sousa (100-98)
Michael Van Gerwen 11-8 Ian White (101-94)
Gary Anderson 9-11 Nathan Aspinall (97-100)

QUARTER-FINALS
Gerwyn Price 9-16 Dimitri Van den Bergh (98-102)
Krzysztof Ratajski 16-8 Callan Rydz (97-88)
Peter Wright 16-7 Michael Smith (100-99)
Michael Van Gerwen 16-9 Nathan Aspinall (95-90)

SEMI-FINALS
Dimitri Van den Bergh 17-9 Krzysztof Ratakski (99-97)
Peter Wright 17-10 Michael Van Gerwen (110-101)

FINAL
Peter Wright 18-9 Dimitri Van den Bergh (106-101)

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PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 21

ROUND 1 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-1 Lisa Ashton (107-91)
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Keane Barry (87-92)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Kirk Shepherd (91-85)
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Peter Jacques (90-83)
Adrian Lewis 5-6 David Evans (90-85)
Ian White 6-5 Geert Nentjes (95-93)
Devon Petersen 6-4 Chas Barstow (87-92)
Gerwyn Price 6-3 William O'Connor (104-92)
Chris Dobey 6-2 John Michael (94-89)
Dirk Van Duijvenbode 2-6 Keegan Brown (106-115)
Luke Humphries 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan (91-93)
Peter Wright 6-3 Raymond Van Barneveld (97-94)
James Wade 6-2 Jamie Hughes (96-91)
Mike de Decker 6-5 Boris Koltsov (91-88)
Joe Cullen 6-0 Ryan Meikle (98-89)
Stephen Bunting 5-6 Ritchie Edhouse (93-85)
Jonny Clayton 6-5 Matthew Edgar (95-91)
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Sean Fisher (109-97)
Damon Heta 6-2 Ryan Murray (100-96)
Michael Smith 6-3 Glen Durrant (99-86)
Jermaine Wattimena 2-6 Ron Meulenkamp (91-95)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Ricky Evans (98-89)
Mervyn King 4-6 Florian Hempel (103-103)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-3 Jim McEwan (96-95)
Daryl Gurney 6-3 Josh Payne (97-85)
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Nick Kenny (101-88)
Danny Noppert 3-6 Bradley Brooks (98-96)
Rob Cross 6-5 Boris Krcmar (97-96)

ROUND 2 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-5 Karel Sedlacek (93-85)
Nathan Aspinall 1-6 Lewis Williams (89-104)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-6 Gordon Mathers (89-95)
Brendan Dolan 6-1 David Evans (99-93)
Ian White 6-2 Jason Heaver (95-94)
Devon Petersen 6-5 Wayne Jones (82-75)
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Lukas Wenig (104-95)
Chris Dobey 5-6 Martin Schindler (100-96)
Luke Humphries 6-3 Andrew Gilding (96-85)
Peter Wright 5-6 James Wilson (107-96)
James Wade 5-6 Mike de Decker (97-92)
Joe Cullen 6-2 Ted Evetts (95-84)
Jonny Clayton 4-6 Max Hopp (85-85)
Dave Chinsall 6-3 Steve West (89-76)
Damon Heta 6-3 Luc Peters (92-87)
Michael Smith 6-1 Jon Worsley (103-87)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Luke Woodhouse (110-100)
Michael Van Gerwen 6-1 Jesus Noguera (100-98)
Daryl Gurney 6-5 Simon Whitlock (92-91)
Rob Cross 6-2 Martin Atkins (104-91)

ROUND 3 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-2 Darius Labanauskas (103-104)
Ian White 6-5 Brendan Dolan (95-100)
Devon Petersen 3-6 John Henderson (72-76)
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Martin Schindler (106-96)
Luke Humphries 6-5 Keegan Brown (100-96)
Joe Cullen 6-3 Martijn Kleermaker (100-98)
Dave Chisnall 5-6 Max Hopp (98-94)
Damon Heta 6-2 Scott Waites (88-84)
Michael Smith 6-5 Ryan Joyce (97-92)
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Florian Hempel (95-93)
Michael Van Gerwen 5-6 Daryl Gurney (113-109)
Rob Cross 6-2 Darren Webster (93-81)

ROUND 4
Jose de Sousa 4-6 Lewis Williams (95-96)
Ian White 6-4 John Henderson (103-101)
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Luke Humphries (93-89)
Gabriel Clemens 4-6 Callan Rydz (92-100)
Joe Cullen 4-6 Ritchie Edhouse (90-90)
Damon Heta 6-3 Max Hopp (98-91)
Michael Smith 2-6 Krzysztof Ratajski (86-92)
Rob Cross 6-5 Daryl Gurney (99-105)

QUARTER-FINALS
Ian White 6-5 Lewis Williams (99-97)
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Callan Rydz (100-97)
Damon Heta 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse (92-90)
Rob Cross 3-6 Krzysztof Ratajski (98-96)

SEMI-FINALS
Gerwyn Price 7-3 Ian White (113-101)
Krzysztof Ratajski 2-7 Damon Heta (93-101)

FINAL
Gerwyn Price 8-7 Damon Heta (108-96)

Some astonishing stuff from Price at the business end:

- came from 5-2 down against Rydz, averaging 105 over those final 4 legs
- blistering 113 average against White, all 7 legs in 15 darts or less (including two 11-darters)
- saved the best for last: playing like a drain against Heta, trailing 0-4, 1-5 and 2-6, somehow came back to win 8-7 with legs of 11, 12, 12, 15 (left on 41), 11, 11, 13. Over the final seven legs, he averaged 122.

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PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 22

ROUND 1 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Matt Jackson (93-86)
Nathan Aspinall 6-0 Kirk Shepherd
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-0 John Brown (92-78)
Damon Heta 6-2 Martin Atkins (103-90)
Glen Durrant 2-6 Daniel Larsson (76-88)
Daryl Gurney 3-6 Lewis Williams (96-102)
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Nick Kenny (102-91)
Michael Smith 6-5 Justin Pipe (104-95)
Adrian Lewis 6-1 Steve Brown (89-76)
Chris Dobey 6-2 Mike de Decker (100-92)
Krzysztof Ratajski 1-6 Martin Schindler (100-106)
Jeffrey de Zwaan 5-6 Lukas Wenig (97-94)
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Jack Main (88-83)
Peter Wright 6-2 Wayne Jones (91-85)
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Boris Koltsov (89-86)
Danny Noppert 6-0 Krzysztof Kciuk (96-88)
Mervyn King 6-2 Gordon Mathers (96-94)
Joe Cullen 4-6 Maik Kuivenhoven (95-102)
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Ryan Meikle (98-94)
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Jelle Klaasen (91-87)
Luke Humphries 0-6 Ted Evetts (96-100)
Jonny Clayton 6-0 Berry Van Peer (99-84)
Callan Rydz 3-6 David Evans (90-91)
Devon Petersen 4-6 Boris Krcmar (78-84)
Ian White 5-6 Martin Lukeman (90-93)
Gerwyn Price 6-4 William O'Connor (99-97)
Dirk Van Duijvenbode 5-6 Peter Jacques (90-89)
Lisa Ashton 3-6 Eddie Lovely (80-87)
Rob Cross 6-1 Andy Boulton (98-83)
Michael Van Gerwen 4-6 Kevin Doets (96-102)
Raymond Van Barneveld 6-4 Michael Rasztovits (88-90)
James Wade 6-5 James Wilson (103-98)

ROUND 2 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-4 Jason Heaver (99-89)
Nathan Aspinall 6-1 Peter Hudson (98-67)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Keegan Brown (100-95)
Damon Heta 6-4 Daniel Larsson (102-90)
Brendan Dolan 3-6 Scott Mitchell (98-96)
Michael Smith 4-6 Adrian Lewis (103-103)
Chris Dobey 4-6 Joe Murnan (99-100)
Stephen Bunting 5-6 Steve West (87-92)
Peter Wright 6-1 Matthew Edgar (99-86)
Dave Chisnall 4-6 Alan Soutar (88-100)
Danny Noppert 4-6 Andrew Gilding (89-94)
Mervyn King 5-6 Rowby-John Rodriguez (90-95)
Jermaine Wattimena 5-6 Sean Fisher (94-94)
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Ross Smith (94-96)
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Geert Nentjes (94-86)
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Harald Leitinger (91-86)
Rob Cross 4-6 Luke Woodhouse (91-97)
Raymond Van Barneveld 6-5 Kevin Doets (101-95)
James Wade 6-1 Andy Hamilton (105-81)

ROUND 3 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 6-1 Darius Labanauskas (95-80)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-2 Nathan Aspinall (105-103)
Damon Heta 6-2 Ciaran Teehan (96-79)
Adrian Lewis 3-6 Joe Murnan (98-100)
Peter Wright 6-5 Alan Soutar (102-98)
Simon Whitlock 1-6 Keane Barry (89-94)
Jonny Clayton 6-3 Shane McGuirk (101-88)
Gerwyn Price 2-6 Martijn Kleermaker (100-104)
Ryan Searle 6-2 Raymond Van Barneveld (99-88)
James Wade 4-6 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (95-92)

ROUND 4
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 Jose de Sousa (100-101)
Damon Heta 4-6 Vincent Van der Voort (95-95)
Martin Schindler 6-2 Joe Murnan (95-88)
Peter Wright 6-1 Andrew Gilding (97-80)
Keane Barry 6-4 Sean Fisher (91-92)
Jonny Clayton 3-6 Martin Lukeman (95-97)
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Martijn Kleermaker (85-84)
Ryan Searle 6-1 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (100-93)

QUARTER-FINALS
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Vincent Van der Voort (94-89)
Peter Wright 6-4 Martin Schindler (110-104)
Keane Barry 5-6 Martin Lukeman (87-87)
Ryan Searle 6-1 Luke Woodhouse (100-86)

SEMI-FINALS
Peter Wright 7-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh (99-101)
Ryan Searle 7-0 Martin Lukeman (117-85)

FINAL
Peter Wright 7-8 Ryan Searle (103-95)

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PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 23

ROUND 1 (selected)
Jose de Sousa - bye
Nathan Aspinall 3-6 Maik Kuivenhoven (89-90)
Dimitri Van den Bergh 5-6 Andy Boulton (94-98)
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Darren Webster (89-88)
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Peter Jacques (95-89)
Devon Petersen 4-6 Matthew Edgar (85-90)
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Adam Gawlas (101-88)
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Luc Peters (92-86)
Peter Wright 6-3 Jack Main (100-101)
Jermaine Wattimena 6-0 Peter Hudson (84-72)
Dirk Van Duijvenbode 5-6 Raymond Van Barneveld (99-101)
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Kim Huybrechts (98-97)
Michael Smith 6-4 Lisa Ashton (100-87)
Krzysztof Ratajski 2-6 Martin Lukeman (88-89)
Mervyn King 6-1 Martin Atkins (81-78)
Joe Cullen 2-6 Scott Mitchell (89-88)
Luke Humphries 6-4 James Wilson (90-91)
Adrian Lewis 6-4 Daniel Larsson (95-98)
Damon Heta 1-6 Andy Hamilton (87-93)
Callan Rydz 1-6 John Michael (72-95)
Ricky Evans 4-6 Boris Koltsov (87-91)
James Wade 6-2 Sean Fisher (99-87)
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Mike de Decker (102-107)
Ryan Searle 6-3 John Henderson (95-92)
Rob Cross 6-5 Steve Brown (91-86)
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Glen Durrant (86-74)
Chris Dobey 6-4 Simon Whitlock (101-96)
Danny Noppert 6-3 Berry Van Peer (99-88)

ROUND 2 (selected)
Jose de Sousa 5-6 Jim McEwan (90-92)
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Danny Baggish (93-96)
Daryl Gurney 6-3 Gordon Mathers (93-88)
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Jeffrey de Zwaan (100-96)
Peter Wright 6-4 Joe Murnan (102-92)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-6 Karel Sedlacek (97-103)
Raymond Van Barneveld 6-1 Kevin McDine (86-79)
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez (95-91)
Michael Smith 5-6 Martin Schindler (108-101)
Mervyn King 5-6 Alan Soutar (94-97)
Luke Humphries 6-3 Adrian Lewis (88-90)
John Michael 5-6 Boris Koltsov (91-94)
James Wade 6-2 Ryan Murray (93-90)
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Niels Zonneveld (89-88)
Ryan Searle 6-1 Boris Krcmar (99-83)
Rob Cross 4-6 Luke Woodhouse (96-95)
Jonny Clayton 6-0 Jose Justicia (104-69)
Chris Dobey 6-1 Scott Waites (91-78)
Danny Noppert 6-2 Steve Lennon (99-91)

ROUND 3 (selected)
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Brendan Dolan (101-96)
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Matthew Edgar (99-84)
Peter Wright 6-3 Karel Sedlacek (104-95)
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Raymond Van Barneveld (99-98)
Luke Humphries 6-0 Jelle Klaasen (88-77)
Andy Hamilton 6-3 Boris Koltsov (97-90)
James Wade 6-3 Gabriel Clemens (92-91)
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Darius Labanauskas (93-95)
Ryan Searle 6-3 Luke Woodhouse (97-92)
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Chris Dobey (98-86)
Danny Noppert 3-6 William Borland (104-102)

ROUND 4
Jamie Hughes 6-4 Maik Kuivenhoven (100-96)
Dave Chisnall 4-6 Daryl Gurney (96-97)
Peter Wright 6-3 Stephen Bunting (104-97)
Martin Schindler 6-5 Martin Lukeman (100-91)
Luke Humphries 6-2 Ryan Joyce (90-85)
James Wade 6-3 Andy Hamilton (92-84)
Gerwyn Price 4-6 Ryan Searle (96-94)
Jonny Clayton 6-1 William Borland (97-90)

QUARTER-FINALS
Daryl Gurney 5-6 Jamie Hughes (85-87)
Peter Wright 6-3 Martin Schindler (101-96)
James Wade 6-3 Luke Humphries (86-81)
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Ryan Searle (103-96)

SEMI-FINALS
Peter Wright 7-5 Jamie Hughes (95-88)
James Wade 2-7 Jonny Clayton (90-104)

FINAL
Peter Wright 8-7 Jonny Clayton (98-96)

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The next major TV tournament is the World Grand Prix in early October. Following today's Players Championship 23, the field has been confirmed:

1 Gerwyn Price
2 Peter Wright
3 Michael Van Gerwen
4 James Wade
5 Dimitri Van den Bergh
6 Gary Anderson
7 Dave Chisnall
8 Jose de Sousa
Michael Smith
Nathan Aspinall
Rob Cross
Krzysztof Ratajski
Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen
Glen Durrant
Stephen Bunting
Brendan Dolan
Damon Heta
Dirk Van Duijvenbode
Ryan Searle
Ross Smith
Luke Humphries
Danny Noppert
Gabriel Clemens
Vincent Van der Voort
Callan Rydz
Martijn Kleermaker
Ian White
Darius Labanauskas
Daryl Gurney
Mervyn King
Mensur Suljovic

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The World Cup of Darts, a fantastically entertaining event full of wildly different levels of darting ability, takes place in Germany from September 9-12.

Seeded nations:

1 SCOTLAND - Peter Wright, Gary Anderson
2 ENGLAND - James Wade, Dave Chisnall
3 WALES - Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton
4 NETHERLANDS - Michael Van Gerwen, Dirk Van Duijvenbode
5 BELGIUM - Dimitri Van den Bergh, Kim Huybrechts
6 NORTHERN IRELAND - Daryl Gurney, Brendan Dolan
7 AUSTRALIA - Simon Whitlock, Damon Heta
8 GERMANY - Gabriel Clemens, Max Hopp

Unseeded nations with confirmed entries:

AUSTRIA - Mensur Suljovic, Rowby-John Rodriguez
BRAZIL - Diego Portela, Artur Valle
CANADA - Jeff Smith, Matt Campbell
CHINA - Wenqing Liu, Jianfeng Lu
CZECH REPUBLIC - Karel Sedlacek, Adam Gawlas
GIBRALTAR - Sean Negrette, Justin Hewitt
HONG KONG - Kai Fan Leung, TBC
ITALY - TBC, TBC
JAPAN - Toyokazu Shibata, Jun Matsuda
PHILIPPINES - Lourence Ilagan, Paolo Nebrida
POLAND - Krzysztof Ratajski, Krzysztof Kciuk
REP IRELAND - William O'Connor, Steve Lennon
RUSSIA - Boris Koltsov, Dmitriy Gorbunov
SOUTH AFRICA - Devon Petersen, TBC
SPAIN - Cristo Reyes, Jesus Noguera
UNITED STATES - Danny Baggish, Danny Lauby

Unseeded nations yet to confirm entries (8 to come from this list):

CROATIA - Boris Krcmar
DENMARK
FINLAND
GREECE - John Michael
HUNGARY
LATVIA - Madars Razma
LITHUANIA - Darius Labanauskas
MALAYSIA
NEW ZEALAND
PORTUGAL - Jose de Sousa
ROMANIA
SINGAPORE
SWEDEN - Daniel Larsson
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY

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Updated Order of Merit:

1 Gerwyn Price WAL ... £1,307,000
2 Peter Wright SCO ... £1,129,000
3 Michael Van Gerwen NED ... £984,000
4 James Wade ENG ... £469,000
5 Dimitri Van den Bergh BEL ... £453,000
6 Gary Anderson SCO ... £430,000
7 Dave Chisnall ENG ... £387,000
8 Jose de Sousa POR ... £369,000
9 Michael Smith ENG ... £358,000
10 Nathan Aspinall ENG ... £342,000
11 Krzysztof Ratajski POL ... £328,000
12 Rob Cross ENG ... £324,000
13 Joe Cullen ENG ... £297,000
14 Jonny Clayton WAL ... £279,000
15 Glen Durrant ENG ... £267,000
16 Daryl Gurney NIR ... £265,000
17 Ian White ENG ... £259,000
18 Stephen Bunting ENG ... £246,000
19 Simon Whitlock AUS ... £227,000
20 Mervyn King ENG ... £227,000
21 Dirk Van Duijvenbode NED ... £217,000
22 Mensur Suljovic AUT ... £210,000
23 Danny Noppert NED ... £206,000
24 Chris Dobey ENG ... £197,000
25 Gabriel Clemens GER ... £194,000
26 Devon Petersen SAF ... £192,000
27 Luke Humphries ENG ... £187,000
28 Vincent Van der Voort NED ... £179,000
29 Brendan Dolan NIR ... £174,000
30 Adrian Lewis ENG ... £166,000
31 Jeffrey de Zwaan NED ... £164,000
32 Jermaine Wattimena NED ... £161,000
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33 Ryan Searle ENG ... £159,000
37 Ross Smith ENG ... £122,000
40 Damon Heta AUS ... £113,000
45 Callan Rydz ENG ... £90,000
80 Raymond Van Barneveld NED ... £23,000
81 Lisa Ashton ENG ... £22,000
113 Boris Koltsov RUS ... £6,000

[Rowntree]

PDC CALENDAR 2021 (and results so far)

MAJOR EVENTS

Jan 29-31: THE MASTERS
FINAL: JONNY CLAYTON 11-8 Mervyn King
SF: Price 10-11 King, Wright 10-11 Clayton
QF: Aspinall 3-10 King, Price 10-6 Lewis, Wright 10-5 Chisnall, Wade 9-10 Clayton

Mar 5-7: UK OPEN
FINAL: JAMES WADE 11-5 Luke Humphries
SF: Price 6-11 Wade, Van Gerwen 5-11 Humphries
QF: Wade 10-8 Whitlock, Price 10-9 Petersen, Chisnall 9-10 Humphries, Van Gerwen 10-7 Ratajski

Apr 5-May 28: PREMIER LEAGUE
FINAL: JONNY CLAYTON 11-5 Jose de Sousa
SF: Clayton 10-8 Van Gerwen, de Sousa 10-9 Aspinall
DNQ: Van den Bergh, Wade, Wright, G Anderson

Jul 17-25 WORLD MATCHPLAY
FINAL: PETER WRIGHT 18-9 Dimitri Van den Bergh
SF: Wright 17-10 Van Gerwen, Van den Bergh 17-9 Ratajski
QF: Wright 16-7 M Smith, Van den Bergh 16-9 Price, Van Gerwen 16-9 Aspinall, Ratajski 16-8 Rydz

Oct 3-9 WORLD GRAND PRIX
Nov 13-21: GRAND SLAM
Nov 26-28: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Dec 15-Jan 3: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

EUROPEAN TOUR

Sep 3-5: HUNGARIAN TROPHY
Sep 24-26: GIBRALTAR TROPHY
TBC: TBC

PROTOUR

Feb 25: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1
FINAL: JOE CULLEN 8-7 Jonny Clayton
SF: Aspinall 4-7 Cullen, Clayton 7-0 Worsley

Feb 26: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2
FINAL: CALLAN RYDZ 8-7 Jonny Clayton
SF: Aspinall 2-7 Rydz, Clayton 7-5 Van der Voort

Feb 27: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 3
FINAL: RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD 8-6 Joe Cullen
SF: Cullen 7-3 Noppert, White 3-7 Van Barneveld

Feb 28: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 4
FINAL: JONNY CLAYTON 8-6 Damon Heta
SF: Clayton 7-5 Clemens, Van Gerwen 3-7 Heta

Mar 16: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5
FINAL: BRENDAN DOLAN 8-6 Michael Smith
SF: Cullen 4-7 Dolan, M Smith 7-6 Soutar

Mar 17: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 6
FINAL: GERWYN PRICE 8-5 Luke Humphries
SF: Price 7-6 Dolan, Hughes 6-7 Humphries

Mar 18: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 7
FINAL: JONNY CLAYTON 8-5 James Wade
SF: Clayton 7-0 Heaver, Wade 7-5 Clemens

Mar 19: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 8
FINAL: PETER WRIGHT 8-3 Gerwyn Price
SF: Wright 7-2 Cullen, Price 7-2 Dolan

Apr 25: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 9
FINAL: JOSE DE SOUSA 8-1 Luke Humphries
SF: de Sousa 7-2 Kciuk, Humphries 7-6 Van den Bergh

Apr 26: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 10
FINAL: MICHAEL SMITH 8-5 Ross Smith
SF: M Smith 7-4 Beeney, R Smith 7-2 Van Peer

Apr 27: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 11
FINAL: DIRK VAN DUIJVENBODE 8-6 Martijn Kleermaker
SF: Van Duijvenbode 7-5 Boulton, Kleermaker 7-5 Dolan

Apr 28: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 12
FINAL: DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH 8-7 Dirk Van Duijvenbode
SF: Van den Bergh 7-2 Noppert, Van Duijvenbode 7-4 Thornton

Jun 14: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 13
FINAL: JOE CULLEN 8-6 Gerwyn Price
SF: Cullen 7-2 Van Gerwen, Price 7-1 Clayton

Jun 15: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 14
FINAL: JOSE DE SOUSA 8-6 Michael Van Gerwen
SF: de Sousa 7-5 Clemens, Van Gerwen 7-2 G Anderson

Jun 16: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 15
FINAL: JOSE DE SOUSA 8-7 Ryan Searle
SF: de Sousa 7-2 Cross, Searle 7-4 Bunting

Jun 17: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 16
FINAL: PETER WRIGHT 8-4 Luke Humphries
SF: Wright 7-0 Rydz, Humphries 7-3 Van Duijvenbode

Jul 5: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 17
FINAL: STEPHEN BUNTING 8-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
SF: Bunting 7-5 Price, Van den Bergh 7-4 de Sousa

Jul 6: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 18
FINAL: CHRIS DOBEY 8-7 Jose de Sousa
SF: Dobey 7-6 Kuivenhoven, de Sousa 7-6 Searle

Jul 7: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 19
FINAL: ROSS SMITH 8-4 Brendan Dolan
SF: R Smith 7-2 Joyce, Dolan 7-2 Van den Bergh

Jul 8: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 20
FINAL: PETER WRIGHT 8-2 Michael Van Gerwen
SF: Wright 7-2 Wade, Van Gerwen 7-2 de Sousa

Aug 2: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 21
FINAL: GERWYN PRICE 8-7 Damon Heta
SF: Price 7-3 White, Heta 7-2 Ratajski

Aug 3: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 22
FINAL: RYAN SEARLE 8-7 Peter Wright
SF: Searle 7-0 Lukeman, Wright 7-4 Van den Bergh

Aug 4: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 23
FINAL: PETER WRIGHT 8-7 Jonny Clayton
SF: Wright 7-5 Hughes, Clayton 7-2 Wade

Oct 19: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 24
Oct 20: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 25
Oct 21: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 26
Oct 22: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 27
Nov 2: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 28
Nov 3: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 29
Nov 4: PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 30

OTHER SELECTED EVENTS

Sep 9-12: WORLD CUP

[Carlos J]

Just heard about Kyle Anderson: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sport ... st-33.html

Sad news. RIP big fella.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Christ it's pushing 1.30am on a friday morning and they're still playing in the Online Darts League



Still 2 more games to go

[theleader82]

[Rowntree]

Well, that's sullied my lovely, clean thread.