{"id":2791,"date":"2026-03-31T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.live-darts.com\/nl\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:15:43","slug":"ryan-searle-pakt-8ste-players-championship-titel-na-sterke-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.live-darts.com\/nl\/pdc-nieuws\/players-championships\/ryan-searle-pakt-8ste-players-championship-titel-na-sterke-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Searle pakt 8ste Players Championship titel na sterke finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ryan Searle heeft op overtuigende wijze zijn achtste PDC-rankingtitel veroverd. In de finale van Players Championship 7 in Leicester was &#8216;Heavy Metal&#8217; met 8-3 te sterk voor de Schot Alan Soutar. Met de overwinning zet Searle zijn indrukwekkende reeks voort, waarmee hij in elk van de laatste zeven jaar een ProTour-evenement heeft gewonnen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Searle kende een ijzersterke dag in de Mattioli Arena. Hij begon met een 101.5 gemiddelde tegen Thomas Lovely (6-2) en een 102.2 gemiddelde tegen Darius Labanauskas (6-1). Zijn beste wedstrijd speelde hij bij de laatste 16, waar hij Raymond van Barneveld met 6-3 versloeg met een wervelend gemiddelde van 104.5. In de halve finale moest ook zijn trainingsmaatje Gary Anderson eraan geloven (7-3), waarmee Searle zijn plek in de finale veiligstelde.<\/p>\n<h2>Soutar mist kansen in de finale<\/h2>\n<p>Finalist Alan Soutar bereikte zijn eerste finale sinds 2024 na een knap parcours, met onder meer een klinkende 6-1 overwinning op landgenoot Peter Wright in de kwartfinale. In de finale kon hij echter geen vuist maken tegen een ontketende Searle. Soutar kreeg wel kansen om terug in de wedstrijd te komen, maar miste cruciale dubbels. Searle profiteerde optimaal en liep via een 15, 14 en 13-darter snel uit naar een 3-0 voorsprong. Die voorsprong gaf hij niet meer uit handen en met een 17-darter in de elfde leg besliste hij de wedstrijd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIk heb vandaag solide gespeeld,\u201d reageerde een tevreden Searle na afloop. \u201cFebruari en maart zijn normaal gesproken de maanden waarin ik dingen win. Mijn volgende doel is om een European Tour te winnen en te bewijzen dat ik ook op de grote podia kan zegevieren.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Opvallende prestaties en mijlpaal voor Wade<\/h2>\n<p>Naast de titel voor Searle waren er meer opvallende momenten op Players Championship 7.\u00a0<strong>James Wade<\/strong>\u00a0schreef geschiedenis door als eerste speler ooit zijn 1000e overwinning op de ProTour te boeken. De beste Nederlander van de dag was\u00a0<strong>Jeffrey Sparidaans<\/strong>, die knap de kwartfinale bereikte na een overwinning op Michael van Gerwen. In de kwartfinale was de Ier Keane Barry, die eerder op de dag een gemiddelde van 109 noteerde, met 6-3 te sterk.<\/p>\n<h2>Uitslagen Players Championship 7<\/h2>\n<h4>Kwartfinales<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Searle 6-3 Charlie Manby<\/li>\n<li>Gary Anderson 6-2 Chris Dobey<\/li>\n<li>Keane Barry 6-3 Jeffrey Sparidaans<\/li>\n<li>Alan Soutar 6-1 Peter Wright<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Halve finales<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Searle 7-3 Gary Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Alan Soutar 7-6 Keane Barry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Finale<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryan Searle 8-3 Alan Soutar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Searle heeft op overtuigende wijze zijn achtste PDC-rankingtitel veroverd. 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