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Gerwyn Price defies Klose call to capture Players Championship 21 title

Jamie Shaw in Players Championship 05 Sep 2023
Gerwyn Price celebrates (Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PDC)

Gerwyn Price picked up his third ProTour title of 2023 at Players Championship 21 with a battling 8-6 win over Daniel Klose in the final in Barnsley.

Price, who claimed back-to-back titles in Hildesheim last weekend, made it three Players Championship triumphs in the space of five events as he prevailed at the Barnsley Metrodome.

The Welshman suffered surprise early exits on Sunday and Monday but returned to winning ways in emphatic style at the third time of asking.

“I played pretty well today,” admitted Price. “I’m playing well even though sometimes I’m losing, but I was beating myself up in that final. I missed loads of doubles, but thankfully they didn’t cost me.

“I thought I didn’t play particularly well in Germany [last weekend]. I just did enough to win, but today I played a lot better.

“It is nice to be back in the winner’s circle and it’s a boost of confidence ready for the big TV events.”

Price registered a blistering 108 average to whitewash Cameron Menzies in Tuesday’s opening round, before battling past Dutch veteran Vincent van der Voort 6-4.

The 38-year-old then landed a sensational 161 checkout to edge out Gian van Veen in a last-leg decider, which was followed by a 6-3 success against Niels Zonneveld.

Price accounted for a fourth consecutive Dutchman in his Quarter-Final thumping of Danny Noppert, before reeling off five straight legs from 3-2 down to deny Daryl Gurney in the Semi-Finals.

This set up a showdown against surprise package Klose in the final, and there was little to separate the pair in the opening exchanges as they shared the first four legs.

Price followed up a timely break in leg five with a 95 finish to establish a two-leg cushion at 4-2, but that was soon wiped out by Klose, who responded with back-to-back legs to level at four apiece.

The 2021 World Champion regained the initiative by following up a 14-dart break with a crucial 80 finish in leg ten, although Klose remained in touch with a nerveless 71 finish to halve the deficit.

However, Price moved to the cusp of victory with a regulation hold in leg 12, and a 13-dart hold saw him celebrate his fifth individual title of the year.

Despite Price’s exploits, Klose was arguably the story of the day as he became the fourth German player to reach a PDC ranking final.

The 43-year-old, who only secured his PDC Tour Card in January, defeated three TV title winners in his remarkable run, which featured a hat-trick of ton-plus averages.

Klose swept aside Devon Petersen and his fellow countryman Gabriel Clemens to reach Round Three – where he claimed the scalp of World Champion Michael Smith in a high-quality contest.

After knocking out Czech youngster Adam Gawlas to secure a spot in the Last Eight, Klose also reeled off four consecutive legs to complete a superb comeback win against Masters champion Chris Dobey.

His reward was a Semi-Final show-down with Peter Wright, but Klose was up to the task, winning six of the last seven legs to thrash the two-time World Champion with an average of almost 101.

Wright had enjoyed a welcome return to form to reach the semis, defeating Stephen Bunting and Monday’s winner Luke Humphries on his way to claiming £4,000 in prize money.

Gurney was the day’s other semi-finalist, winning through an astonishing Last 16 tie against Gary Anderson, after converting four ton-plus finishes to defy a 105 average from the Scot.

Monday’s winner Humphries reached the Last Eight, bowing out alongside Noppert, Dobey and European Champion Ross Smith.

Michael van Gerwen was condemned to another shock First Round exit at the hands of Graham Hall, with Jonny Clayton, Dave Chisnall and Damon Heta also exiting at the same stage.

Meanwhile, Robert Owen landed the third nine-dart finish in as many days in Barnsley, achieving perfection in the penultimate leg of his Third Round defeat against Ritchie Edhouse, but went on to lose the match 6-5.

Players Championship 21 Results

Tuesday September 5

First Round
Florian Hempel 6-2 Dave Chisnall
Jurjen van der Velde 6-1 Mervyn King
Kim Huybrechts 6-0 Bradley Brooks
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 William O’Connor
Ross Smith 6-3 Ryan Joyce
Robbie Knops 6-3 Luc Peters
Andrew Gilding 6-1 Krzysztof Kciuk
Keane Barry 6-5 Arron Monk
John Henderson 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Brian Raman 6-0 Jamie Clark
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Ted Evetts
Matt Campbell 6-4 Andy Boulton
Graham Hall 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
Madars Razma 6-2 Kevin Doets
Gary Anderson 6-4 Jim Williams
Jules van Dongen w/o Joe Murnan
Gerwyn Price 6-0 Cameron Menzies
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Berry van Peer
Callan Rydz 6-4 Vladimir Andersen
Gian van Veen 6-0 Jose Justicia
Joe Cullen 6-1 James Wilson
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-2 Ryan Meikle
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4 Radek Szaganski
Niels Zonneveld 6-5 Kevin Burness
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Dylan Slevin
Scott Waites 6-3 Lewis Williams
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Stephen Burton
Steve Lennon 6-4 Ricky Evans
Danny Noppert 6-0 John O’Shea
Martijn Kleermaker 6-5 Scott Williams
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Keegan Brown 6-5 Robert Grundy
Luke Humphries 6-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Graham Usher 6-5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Steve Beaton 6-3 Martin Lukeman
George Killington 6-5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Martin Schindler 6-2 Lee Evans
Luke Woodhouse 6-0 Owen Roelofs
James Wade 6-1 Jacques Labre
Josh Payne 6-4 Darren Webster
Rob Cross 6-3 Owen Bates
Robert Owen 6-5 Damian Mol
Mike De Decker 6-1 Nick Fullwell
Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Jermaine Wattimena
Peter Wright 6-3 Ian White
Karel Sedlacek 6-5 Mickey Mansell
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Adam Warner
Ross Montgomery 6-2 Darius Labanauskas
Richard Veenstra 6-3 Damon Heta
Alan Soutar 6-1 Callum Goffin
Chris Dobey 6-5 Richie Burnett
Jeff Smith 6-5 Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle 6-4 Tony Martinez
Cam Crabtree 6-5 Danny Jansen
Jose De Sousa 6-2 Adam Smith-Neale
Boris Krcmar 6-5 Jamie Hughes
Josh Rock 6-3 Geert Nentjes
Shaun Wilkinson 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Adam Gawlas 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
Jimmy Hendriks 6-5 Danny van Trijp
Michael Smith 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Simon Whitlock 6-5 Nathan Rafferty
Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Daniel Klose 6-1 Devon Petersen

Second Round
Florian Hempel 6-4 Jurjen van der Velde
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-2 Kim Huybrechts
Ross Smith 6-3 Robbie Knops
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Keane Barry
Brian Raman 6-4 John Henderson
Daryl Gurney 6-5 Matt Campbell
Graham Hall 6-2 Madars Razma
Gary Anderson 6-2 Jules van Dongen
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Gian van Veen 6-5 Callan Rydz
Joe Cullen 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven
Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Scott Waites
Steve Lennon 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Danny Noppert 6-5 Martijn Kleermaker
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-5 Keegan Brown
Luke Humphries 6-5 Graham Usher
Steve Beaton 6-2 George Killington
Martin Schindler 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Josh Payne 6-4 James Wade
Robert Owen 6-3 Rob Cross
Ritchie Edhouse 6-2 Mike De Decker
Peter Wright 6-0 Karel Sedlacek
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Ross Montgomery
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Alan Soutar
Chris Dobey 6-3 Jeff Smith
Ryan Searle 6-5 Cam Crabtree
Jose De Sousa 6-5 Boris Krcmar
Josh Rock 6-3 Shaun Wilkinson
Adam Gawlas 6-1 Jimmy Hendriks
Michael Smith 6-3 Simon Whitlock
Daniel Klose 6-4 Gabriel Clemens
Losers: £750

Last 32
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 Florian Hempel
Ross Smith 6-0 Andrew Gilding
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Brian Raman
Gary Anderson 6-3 Graham Hall
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Gian van Veen
Niels Zonneveld 6-1 Joe Cullen
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Steve Lennon
Danny Noppert 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko
Luke Humphries 6-3 Steve Beaton
Martin Schindler 6-2 Josh Payne
Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Robert Owen – *Owen hits a nine-darter*
Peter Wright 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Chris Dobey 6-5 Richard Veenstra
Ryan Searle 6-5 Jose De Sousa
Adam Gawlas 6-5 Josh Rock
Daniel Klose 6-5 Michael Smith
Losers: £1,250

Last 16
Ross Smith 6-5 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Gary Anderson
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Niels Zonneveld
Danny Noppert 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Humphries 6-5 Martin Schindler
Peter Wright 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse
Chris Dobey 6-3 Ryan Searle
Daniel Klose 6-3 Adam Gawlas
Losers: £2,000

Quarter-Finals
Daryl Gurney 6-5 Ross Smith
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Danny Noppert
Peter Wright 6-2 Luke Humphries
Daniel Klose 6-4 Chris Dobey
Losers: £3,000

Semi-Finals
Gerwyn Price 7-3 Daryl Gurney
Daniel Klose 7-3 Peter Wright
Losers: £4,000

Final
Gerwyn Price 8-6 Daniel Klose
Winner: £12,000
Runner-up: £8,000

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