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Jonny Clayton claims Players Championship 14 crown

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Jonny Clayton returned to winning ways at Players Championship 14 with an 8-5 victory over Wesley Plaisier in the final in Milton Keynes on Wednesday.

Clayton stormed to victory on a dramatic day of action at the Marshall Arena, denying an in-form Plaisier to clinch his first PDC ranking title since May 2023.

The Welshman, runner-up in the recent Dutch Darts Championship, endured a difficult end to last season, but continued his revival to become the 14th different winner in as many Players Championship events this year.

Clayton kicked off his campaign with emphatic wins over Darren Beveridge, Andy Baetens and James Hurrell, before defying a 110.7 average from Dom Taylor in an epic Last 16 tie.

The 49-year-old then overcame Martin Schindler in the quarter-finals, before running out a 7-3 winner against Cameron Menzies in the semi-finals, a result which ended the Scot’s hopes of World Matchplay qualification.

Clayton seized the early initiative in the final, reeling off three consecutive legs to establish 4-1 and 5-2 leads, only for Plaisier to respond with a majestic 161 checkout in leg eight.

The former Premier League champion restored his three-leg advantage with an 11-darter and punished rare errors on the outer ring from his opponent to move to the brink of glory at 7-3.

Plaisier hit back with skin-saving 121 and 122 finishes on the bull, but Clayton kept his cool, pinning double 16 to triumph with a 106 average.

“Fair play to Wesley. How he hasn’t got a Tour Card I’ll never know, because he can seriously play darts,” said Clayton, who also landed seven 180s in the final.

“Confidence is low when you’re not picking up results, but I’ve got my mojo back. I’ve got a smile on my face, and winning always helps.

“I was way off at the start of the year, but something has clicked.

“I played well yesterday and I played well today, so my consistency is there, and fingers crossed I can keep it going.

“It’s a great time to get your form back with the World Matchplay coming up, and hopefully I can go one step further this year.”

Following his exploits on Tuesday, Plaisier reaffirmed his credentials by reaching back-to-back finals as he walked away from this week’s ProTour double-header with £20,000 in prize money.

The Challenge Tour star dumped out world number four Gerwyn Price in the Last 32, and later accounted for Mario Vandenbogaerde, Graham Usher and Ryan Joyce to maintain his superb run of form.

Joyce crashed in a 111.5 average in his quarter-final rout of Josh Rock, having also won through a deciding-leg tussle against top seed Dave Chisnall in the Last 16.

Joyce was joined in the last four by Scottish star Menzies, who dumped out England’s World Cup winning duo Michael Smith and Luke Humphries along with Damon Heta on his way to the semi-finals.

Heta won 17 consecutive legs during his run to the last eight, where he crashed out alongside Rock and Schindler – who defeated his World Cup partner Gabriel Clemens.

Usher claimed a host of big scalps to reach his maiden ProTour quarter-final, following up deciding-leg wins over Gary Anderson and James Wade with a 6-4 success against World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall.

Robert Owen produced the performance of the day by registering a staggering 115.85 average in his third round demolition of Ryan Searle – who was beaten 6-1 despite averaging 105.

Wednesday’s action marked the final event before the cut-off for Betfred World Matchplay qualification, with 2007 champion James Wade securing the final place in the 32-player field.

Following Kevin Doets’ first round defeat at the hands of Steve Beaton, Menzies threatened to overhaul Wade with his brilliant run to the last four, although he fell just short in his last-gasp Blackpool bid.

Players Championship 14 Results

Wednesday July 3

First Round
Mike De Decker 6-2 Owen Bates
Alan Soutar 6-4 Joshua Richardson
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Dylan Slevin
Richie Burnett 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Ryan Joyce 6-5 Christian Perez
Nick Kenny 6-5 Rhys Griffin
Daryl Gurney 6-1 Berry van Peer
Adam Hunt 6-5 Callum Goffin
Owen Roelofs 6-4 Joe Cullen
Nathan Rafferty 6-5 William Borland
Josh Rock 6-5 Wessel Nijman
Jose De Sousa 6-4 Adam Gawlas
Jamie Hughes 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Kim Huybrechts 6-1 Richard Veenstra
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Chris Landman
Stephen Burton 6-2 Maik Kuivenhoven
Steve Beaton 6-2 Kevin Doets
Wesley Plaisier 6-2 Arron Monk
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Jim Williams
Haupai Puha 6-2 Danny Lauby
Raymond van Barneveld 6-3 Brett Claydon
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 Graham Hall
Niels Zonneveld 6-1 Gian van Veen
Mervyn King 6-5 Kai Gotthardt
James Wade 6-1 Lukas Wenig
Boris Krcmar 6-3 Steve Lennon
Graham Usher 6-5 Gary Anderson
Matt Campbell 6-1 Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright 6-5 Jamie Atkins
Florian Hempel 6-3 Martin Lukeman
Robert Grundy 6-1 Chris Dobey
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Robbie Knops
Callan Rydz 6-3 Jurjen van der Velde
Matthew Dennant 6-5 Adam Warner
Luke Humphries 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Connor Scutt 6-3 Paul Krohne
Michael Smith 6-5 Daniel Klose
Lee Evans 6-4 Madars Razma
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Jitse Van der Wal 6-4 Josh Payne
Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Martijn Dragt
Jeffrey De Graaf 6-4 Leighton Bennett
Damon Heta 6-5 Andy Boulton
Ryan Meikle 6-4 Keegan Brown
Ritchie Edhouse 6-4 Ian White
Robert Owen 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Ryan Searle 6-5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Patrick Geeraets 6-5 George Killington
Dom Taylor 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Karel Sedlacek 6-2 Radek Szaganski
Ross Smith 6-2 Darryl Pilgrim
William O’Connor 6-2 Keane Barry
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Darren Beveridge
Andy Baetens 6-2 Danny van Trijp
Luke Littler 6-5 Ricky Evans
James Hurrell 6-4 Lee Cocks
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-4 Andrew Gilding
Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Danny Jansen
Justin Hood 6-3 Danny Noppert
Scott Williams 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts
Brendan Dolan 6-4 Mickey Mansell
Stefan Bellmont 6-4 Benjamin Reus
Martin Schindler 6-1 Thibault Tricole
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Second Round
Alan Soutar 6-4 Mike De Decker
Dave Chisnall 6-4 Richie Burnett
Ryan Joyce 6-4 Nick Kenny
Adam Hunt 6-2 Daryl Gurney
Nathan Rafferty 6-2 Owen Roelofs
Josh Rock 6-4 Jose De Sousa
Jamie Hughes 6-4 Kim Huybrechts
Stephen Burton 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Wesley Plaisier 6-2 Steve Beaton
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Haupai Puha
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Mervyn King 6-3 Niels Zonneveld
James Wade 6-5 Boris Krcmar
Graham Usher 6-5 Matt Campbell
Florian Hempel 6-2 Peter Wright
Nathan Aspinall 6-1 Robert Grundy
Callan Rydz 6-1 Matthew Dennant
Luke Humphries 6-5 Connor Scutt
Michael Smith 6-1 Lee Evans
Cameron Menzies 6-1 Jitse Van der Wal
Jeffrey De Graaf 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Damon Heta 6-2 Ryan Meikle
Robert Owen 6-4 Ritchie Edhouse
Ryan Searle 6-0 Patrick Geeraets
Dom Taylor 6-3 Karel Sedlacek
William O’Connor 6-3 Ross Smith
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Andy Baetens
James Hurrell 6-3 Luke Littler
Gabriel Clemens 6-3 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Scott Williams 6-1 Justin Hood
Stefan Bellmont 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Martin Schindler 6-1 Simon Whitlock

Last 32
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Alan Soutar
Ryan Joyce 6-0 Adam Hunt
Josh Rock 6-3 Nathan Rafferty
Jamie Hughes 6-4 Stephen Burton
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-5 Mervyn King
Graham Usher 6-5 James Wade
Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Florian Hempel
Luke Humphries 6 -4 Callan Rydz
Cameron Menzies 6-1 Michael Smith
Damon Heta 6-0 Jeffrey De Graaf
Robert Owen 6-1 Ryan Searle
Dom Taylor 6-4 William O’Connor
Jonny Clayton 6-1 James Hurrell
Gabriel Clemens 6-3 Scott Williams
Martin Schindler 6-3 Stefan Bellmont

Last 16
Ryan Joyce 6-5 Dave Chisnall
Josh Rock 6-5 Jamie Hughes
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Graham Usher 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
Cameron Menzies 6-5 Luke Humphries
Damon Heta 6-0 Robert Owen
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Dom Taylor
Martin Schindler 6-3 Gabriel Clemens

Quarter-Finals
Ryan Joyce 6-1 Josh Rock
Wesley Plaisier 6-2 Graham Usher
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Damon Heta
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Martin Schindler

Semi-Finals
Wesley Plaisier 7-4 Ryan Joyce
Jonny Clayton 7-3 Cameron Menzies

Final
Jonny Clayton 8-5 Wesley Plaisier

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