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Michael van Gerwen ends ranking title drought at Players Championship 21

Jamie Shaw in Players Championship 18 Sep 2024

Michael van Gerwen reacts (Photo by Kelly Deckers/PDC)

Michael van Gerwen claimed his first PDC ranking title of 2024 at Players Championship 21 with an 8-4 victory over Dave Chisnall in the final in Wigan.

Van Gerwen, whose sole tournament victory this year to date came at the Dutch Masters back in January, returned to winning ways on the ProTour as he denied in-form Chisnall in a high quality final.

Chisnall established an early 2-1 lead in an eye-catching start to proceedings, as the pair traded ton-plus checkouts in back-to-back legs.

However, Van Gerwen then stole a march with a run of six unanswered legs – including a fabulous 158 checkout in leg eight – to move to the cusp of victory at 7-2.

Chisnall hit back with a brace of 13-darters to preserve his slender hopes, although Van Gerwen averted any threat of an improbable turnaround by pinning double eight to seal the deal.

“I think I played really well,” admitted the three-time World Champion, who was using new darts in Wigan this week.

“My scoring power was there, and every time I had to put Dave under pressure, I was able to do it.

“I’m pleased with my performance. I’m using my new darts which are going really well, so everybody is a winner!

“I have underperformed in lots of these [ProTour events], so to be back on this tour and actually win one, it feels good.

“I’m not coming here just to take part. I want to win, I want to perform and I want to do the right things for myself.

“I know there’s still a lot more to gain and a lot more to fight for, but for me, the most important thing is I always keep believing in my own ability.”

After commencing his campaign with a hard-fought 6-4 win over Lee Cocks, Van Gerwen averaged 99 in sweeping aside Ryan Meikle and Karel Sedlacek.

This was followed by successive 6-3 wins over James Wade and Gian van Veen, while he dispatched another fellow Dutchman in the semi-finals, running out an emphatic 7-2 winner against Maik Kuivenhoven.

Chisnall, a semi-finalist on Tuesday, went one step better 24 hours later, celebrating impressive 6-1 victories against Jose de Sousa and Jonny Clayton earlier in the afternoon.

The 44-year-old proved too strong for his St Helens counterpart Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals, before surviving four match darts in his semi-final win over Ritchie Edhouse – who hit back from 6-2 down to draw level.

Edhouse claimed a host of major scalps at the Robin Park Tennis Centre, dumping out former Lakeside champions Jelle Klaasen and Christian Kist to ignite his title challenge.

He also whitewashed Austrian veteran Mensur Suljovic and fought back from 5-2 down to deny Damon Heta in the quarter-finals, only to lose out to Chisnall in a dramatic finale.

Edhouse was joined in the last four by Kuivenhoven, who halted Luke Littler’s 15-match winning run in the Last 16.

The Dutchman also saw off Robbie Knops, Berry van Peer, Jim Williams and Benjamin Reus to reach his first ProTour semi-final since July 2021.

Danish number one Reus accounted for Ryan Searle and William O’Connor in making his maiden ProTour quarter-final, with Heta landing four consecutive ton-topping averages in advancing to the last eight.

Tuesday’s runner-up Bunting maintained his fine form with a quarter-final showing in Wigan, as Van Veen defeated Simon Whitlock and Michael Smith in reaching the same stage.

Elsewhere, Wessel Nijman came out on top in an astonishing first round clash against Raymond van Barneveld, defying a staggering 112.7 average from his compatriot to prevail with a 108.7 average of his own.

Players Championship 20 Results

Wednesday September 18

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

Second Round
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Lee Evans
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-5 Kim Huybrechts
Jonny Clayton 6-5 Keane Barry
Daryl Gurney 6-1 George Killington
Danny Noppert 6-1 Michele Turetta
Thibault Tricole 6-4 Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Darren Beveridge
Haupai Puha 6-3 Luke Woodhouse
Damon Heta 6-3 Keegan Brown
James Hurrell 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Jitse Van der Wal
Wessel Nijman 6-0 Jurjen van der Velde
Christian Kist 6-4 Adam Hunt
Madars Razma 6-2 Andrew Gilding
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Josh Payne
Ritchie Edhouse 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
Luke Littler 6-4 Nick Kenny
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Martin Lukeman
Jim Williams 6-3 Mickey Mansell
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-4 Berry van Peer
Benjamin Reus 6-5 Ryan Searle
Adam Warner 6-2 Andy Baetens
William O’Connor 6-4 Andy Boulton
Mike De Decker 6-5 Graham Hall
Ian White 6-5 Ross Smith
Gabriel Clemens 6-5 Rhys Griffin
Gian van Veen 6-4 Connor Scutt
Michael Smith 6-4 Florian Hempel
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 Jeffrey Sparidaans
James Wade 6-5 Scott Williams
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Ryan Meikle
Karel Sedlacek 6-3 Cameron Menzies

Last 32
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Daryl Gurney
Thibault Tricole 6-3 Danny Noppert
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Haupai Puha
Damon Heta 6-5 James Hurrell
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Wessel Nijman
Christian Kist 6-2 Madars Razma
Ritchie Edhouse 6-0 Mensur Suljovic
Luke Littler 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-5 Jim Williams
Benjamin Reus 6-4 Adam Warner
William O’Connor 6-4 Mike De Decker
Ian White 6-1 Gabriel Clemens
Gian van Veen 6-3 Michael Smith
James Wade 6-2 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Karel Sedlacek

Last 16
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Jonny Clayton
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Thibault Tricole
Damon Heta 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Ritchie Edhouse 6-3 Christian Kist
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-3 Luke Littler
Benjamin Reus 6-4 William O’Connor
Gian van Veen 6-5 Ian White
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 James Wade

Quarter-Finals
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Stephen Bunting
Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Damon Heta
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-2 Benjamin Reus
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Gian van Veen

Semi-Finals
Dave Chisnall 7-6 Ritchie Edhouse
Michael van Gerwen 7-2 Maik Kuivenhoven

Final
Michael van Gerwen 8-4 Dave Chisnall

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