Peter Wright denies Gerwyn Price to claim Players Championship Two title

Peter Wright continued his sensational start to 2022 by securing the Players Championship Two title in Barnsley with an 8-5 win over Gerwyn Price in the final.

Three days on from winning the opening night of the Premier League, the reigning World Champion opened his ProTour title account for the year at the Barnsley Metrodome.

Wright’s reached the Semi-Finals of Players Championship One on Saturday and continued his blistering form to land his 43rd PDC title.

The title win would have been enough to see Wright move into the world number one spot for the first time, had it not been for Price progressing beyond the Quarter-Finals.

“I’m very happy to get the win today, especially against a player of the class of Gezzy,” said Wright.

“I wasn’t thinking of becoming world number one until at least March but if I knuckle down and win tournaments I might get there sooner.

“Yesterday I felt great and thought I was going to win.

“Today my darts were going in at strange angles so I swapped to my old ones, so I don’t know which darts I’m going to use on Thursday night!”

The world number two began the day with a 6-5 win over Alan Soutar and followed up with victories over Lewy Williams and Eddie Lovely.

Wright then averaged 101.3 in defeating Lee Evans, before a 6-4 win over Rob Cross and a 104.5 average in a 7-3 Semi-Final success over Damon Heta.

A gripping final between the world’s top two saw Price take the lead on two occasions at 3-1 and 5-4, only for Wright to battle back to lead 6-5.

With Price waiting on double 16, Wright produced a 121 checkout on the bullseye to take a 7-5 lead, which proved to be a hammer blow as the Scot sealed the win with a 14-dart leg.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Ian White produced a nine-dart leg but it was not enough to avert a 6-3 defeat to Mensur Suljovic in Round One.

Croatia’s Boris Krcmar reached his first Players Championship Semi-Final, while Challenge Tour top-up Stephen Burton reached his first ProTour Quarter-Final, defeating an out of sorts Michael van Gerwen along the way.

PDC ProTour action continues with Players Championship Three and Four from February 12-13 in Wigan.

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Players Championship Two Results

Sunday February 6

First Round
Gerwyn Price 6-0 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Florian Hempel 6-2 Jason Heaver
Nick Fullwell 6-4 Scott Mitchell
Ross Montgomery 6-5 David Evans
John O’Shea 6-4 Callan Rydz
Scott Williams 6-1 Boris Koltsov
Darius Labanauskas 6-3 James Wade
Gordon Mathers 6-5 Tony Martinez
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Danny Baggish
Ritchie Edhouse 6-3 John Michael
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Brett Claydon
Stephen Burton 6-4 Kevin Burness
Connor Scutt 6-3 Brendan Dolan
Jim McEwan 6-4 Devon Petersen
Martin Schindler 6-3 Mike De Decker
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-1 Brian Raman
Keane Barry 6-2 Michael Smith
Boris Krcmar 6-1 Jim Williams
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Steve Beaton
Max Hopp 6-1 Jake Jones
Ryan Meikle 6-0 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Andy Boulton 6-2 Bradley Brooks
Chris Dobey 6-5 James Wilson
William Borland 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp
Madars Razma 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Darren Webster 6-5 Berry van Peer
William O’Connor 6-4 Ryan Joyce
Peter Hudson 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Richie Burnett 6-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jason Lowe 6-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Jermaine Wattimena
Gary Anderson 6-2 Jose Justicia
Jose de Sousa 6-2 Nathan Rafferty
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-4 Josh Rock
Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Ian White
Luc Peters 6-3 Mickey Mansell
Damon Heta 6-0 John Brown
Keegan Brown 6-4 Glen Durrant
Danny Jansen 6-5 Ross Smith
Jimmy Hendriks 6-5 Jack Main
Ryan Searle 6-5 Ted Evetts
Geert De Vos 6-3 Cameron Menzies
Jeff Smith 6-3 Vincent van der Voort
Niels Zonneveld 6-4 Shaun Wilkinson
Luke Humphries 6-2 Jules van Dongen
Scott Waites 6-3 Jamie Hughes
Daryl Gurney 6-0 Adam Hunt
Steve West 6-3 Damian Mol
Peter Wright 6-5 Alan Soutar
Lewy Williams 6-3 Steve Lennon
Eddie Lovely 6-4 Kim Huybrechts
Andrew Gilding 6-0 Jon Worsley
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Simon Whitlock
Lee Evans 6-3 John Henderson
Gabriel Clemens 6-5 Martijn Kleermaker
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 George Killington
Joe Cullen 6-2 Ricky Evans
Kevin Doets 6-4 Joe Murnan
Jamie Clark 6-5 Mervyn King
Stu Wilson 6-4 Geert Nentjes
Rob Cross 6-3 Radek Szaganski
Martin Lukeman 6-2 Matt Campbell
Adam Gawlas 6-5 Dave Chisnall
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-3 Steve Haggerty

Second Round
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Florian Hempel
Ross Montgomery 6-4 Nick Fullwell
John O’Shea 6-5 Scott Williams
Gordon Mathers 6-4 Darius Labanauskas
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Burton 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Connor Scutt 6-3 Jim McEwan
Martin Schindler 6-2 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Boris Krcmar 6-2 Keane Barry
Max Hopp 6-5 Adrian Lewis
Ryan Meikle 6-4 Andy Boulton
Chris Dobey 6-1 William Borland
Madars Razma 6-0 Darren Webster
William O’Connor 6-4 Peter Hudson
Jason Lowe 6-4 Richie Burnett
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Gary Anderson
Jose de Sousa 6-1 Krzysztof Kciuk
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Luc Peters
Damon Heta 6-0 Keegan Brown
Jimmy Hendriks 6-2 Danny Jansen
Geert De Vos 6-2 Ryan Searle
Niels Zonneveld 6-4 Jeff Smith
Luke Humphries 6-3 Scott Waites
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Steve West
Peter Wright 6-0 Lewy Williams
Eddie Lovely 6-3 Andrew Gilding
Lee Evans 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Luke Woodhouse
Kevin Doets 6-3 Joe Cullen
Jamie Clark 6-5 Stu Wilson
Rob Cross 6-2 Martin Lukeman
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-4 Adam Gawlas
Losers: £750

Last 32
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Ross Montgomery
Gordon Mathers 6-5 John O’Shea
Stephen Burton 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
Martin Schindler 6-4 Connor Scutt
Boris Krcmar 6-1 Max Hopp
Ryan Meikle 6-5 Chris Dobey
William O’Connor 6-5 Madars Razma
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Jason Lowe
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Jose de Sousa
Damon Heta 6-3 Jimmy Hendriks
Niels Zonneveld 6-2 Geert De Vos
Luke Humphries 6-3 Daryl Gurney
Peter Wright 6-4 Eddie Lovely
Lee Evans 6-4 Gabriel Clemens
Jamie Clark 6-5 Kevin Doets
Rob Cross 6-5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Losers: £1,250

Last 16
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Gordon Mathers
Stephen Burton 6-3 Martin Schindler
Boris Krcmar 6-0 Ryan Meikle
Stephen Bunting 6-4 William O’Connor
Damon Heta 6-1 Mensur Suljovic
Niels Zonneveld 6-4 Luke Humphries
Peter Wright 6-4 Lee Evans
Rob Cross 6-3 Jamie Clark
Losers: £2,000

Quarter-Final
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Stephen Burton
Boris Krcmar 6-3 Stephen Bunting
Damon Heta 6-1 Niels Zonneveld
Peter Wright 6-4 Rob Cross
Losers: £3,000

Semi-Finals
Gerwyn Price 7-0 Boris Krcmar
Peter Wright 7-3 Damon Heta
Losers: £4,000

Final
Peter Wright 8-5 Gerwyn Price
Winner: £12,000
Runner-up: £8,000