Nice--Rowby beating PDC rank#19-Jamie Caven 6-2 in 2nd round. GARY ANDERSON sealed his seventh PDC title of 2014 as he narrowly defeated Peter Wright to win the final Players Championship event of the year in Coventry on Sunday. Anderson maintained his brilliant form on the ProTour in 2014 as he swept through the field before defeating Wright in the final on a day which also saw Adrian Lewis hit a spectacular nine-dart finish against Wes Newton. The 6-5 win for Anderson in the final also ensured that the Scot overtook Michael van Gerwen to finish top of the ProTour Order of Merit and head into next weekend’s Players Championship Finals as top seed. Anderson’s afternoon began with a comprehensive 6-2 victory over one of the weekend’s surprise packages, Gerwyn Price, who had reached the semi-finals of the Players Championship 19 event on Saturday. The Scotsman breezed through the next three rounds, comfortably beating Paul Amos, David Pallett and Matt Clark, dropping just four legs in the process. And the 43-year-old’s fantastic form would not desert him in the next round as he produced a superb display to coast past the weekend’s earlier winner Ian White 6-2 with a 109.6 average and set up a semi-final clash with James Wade. Despite falling 4-2 behind, Anderson regained his composure to take four of the next five legs and book his place in the final against Wright. Snakebite was in similarly impressive form as he saw off Marc Dewsbury (6-2), Kevin McDine (6-3), Dennis Smith (6-2) and Vincent van der Voort (6-4) in his opening rounds at the Ricoh Arena. India’s Prakash Jiwa, who was equalling his best ever performance on the ProTour, was Wright’s next opponent, and he was too good for the 44-year-old as he sealed a whitewash win. Another man enjoying an impressive day at the oche was Simon Whitlock who had returned to form to reach the semi-finals, but Wright would spoil the party as he edged the Wizard out 6-5 in a deciding leg to reach the final. Wright struggled in the early exchanges of the final as Anderson raced into a 4-2 lead, however Snakebite fought back superbly to take the next three legs and move one leg away from the win. Anderson was not prepared to go down without a fight though and after pulling the game back to 5-5, produced a brilliant ten-dart leg in the decider to take the title and £10,000 winner’s cheque in style. Players Championship 20 Sunday November 23, Ricoh Arena, Coventry First Round Gary Anderson 6-2 Gerwyn Price Paul Amos 6-3 Joey Ten Berge David Pallett 6-5 Paul Nicholson Josh Payne 6-5 Mark Walsh Matt Clark 6-3 Steve Beaton Steve Douglas 6-3 Magnus Caris Dave Chisnall 6-1 Joe Lacey Daryl Gurney 6-4 Mickey Mansell Justin Pipe 6-4 Connie Finnan Andy Pearce 6-2 Stuart White Darren Webster 6-5 Michael Barnard Ricky Evans 6-4 Ryan Palmer Ian White 6-4 Ryan Harrington Mark Barilli 6-5 William OConnor Kevin Painter 6-2 Nigel Heydon Wayne Pepper 6-4 Kevin Dowling James Wade 6-4 Kevin Thomas James Hubbard 6-5 Jim Walker Benito van de Pas 6-2 Steve Grubb John Henderson 6-5 Andy Jenkins Adrian Lewis 6-4 James Richardson Ian Moss 6-3 Kurt Parry Wes Newton 6-2 Jason Hogg Stuart Kellett 6-1 Peter Hudson Robert Thornton 6-4 John Bowles Jyhan Artut 6-2 Arron Monk Steve West 6-0 Jamie Lewis Ron Meulenkamp 6-2 Ben Ward Ross Smith 6-4 Kim Huybrechts David Ladley 6-5 Pete Dyos Jamie Caven 6-3 Chris Aubrey Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-4 Joe Cullen ****** Brendan Dolan 6-5 Mark Webster Adam Hunt 6-2 Matt Padgett Christian Kist 6-2 Jeff Batham John Part 6-4 Tomas Seyler Terry Jenkins 6-4 Glenn Spearing Richie Howson 6-4 Mark Dudbridge Andy Hamilton 6-4 Terry Temple Keegan Brown 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts Mervyn King 6-1 Joe Murnan Steve Hine 6-4 Mick Todd Jelle Klaasen 6-0 Colin Osborne Steve Brown 6-5 Nick Fullwell Simon Whitlock 6-1 Wayne Jones Mark Frost 6-5 Darron Brown Andrew Gilding 6-3 Andy Parsons Matthew Edgar 6-4 Tony Newell Peter Wright 6-2 Marc Dewsbury Kevin McDine 6-3 Ian McFarlane Dennis Smith 6-4 Andy Smith Mark Forman 6-5 Robert Owen Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Jerry Hendriks Darren Johnson 6-2 Ross Twell Brett Claydon 6-4 Ronnie Baxter Johnny Haines 6-4 Ryan de Vreede Michael Smith 6-3 Jamie Bain Brian Woods 6-3 David Dodds Prakash Jiwa 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld Scott Mackenzie 6-4 Gary Stone Kyle Anderson 6-5 Stephen Bunting Colin Lloyd 6-5 Antonio Alcinas Jason Lovett 6-3 Dean Winstanley Conan Whitehead 6-3 Dan Russell Second Round Gary Anderson 6-0 Paul Amos David Pallett 6-3 Josh Payne Matt Clark 6-5 Steve Douglas Daryl Gurney 6-3 Dave Chisnall Justin Pipe 6-0 Andy Pearce Ricky Evans 6-2 Darren Webster Ian White 6-5 Mark Barilli Kevin Painter 6-3 Wayne Pepper James Wade 6-1 James Hubbard Benito van de Pas 6-2 John Henderson Adrian Lewis 6-1 Ian Moss Wes Newton 6-4 Stuart Kellett Robert Thornton 6-5 Jyhan Artut Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Steve West Ross Smith 6-3 David Ladley Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-2 Jamie Caven ****** Brendan Dolan 6-5 Adam Hunt Christian Kist 6-5 John Part Richie Howson 6-5 Terry Jenkins Keegan Brown 6-4 Andy Hamilton Mervyn King 6-2 Steve Hine Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Steve Brown Simon Whitlock 6-1 Mark Frost Matthew Edgar 6-4 Andrew Gilding Peter Wright 6-3 Kevin McDine Dennis Smith 6-4 Mark Forman Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Darren Johnson Johnny Haines 6-4 Brett Claydon Brian Woods 6-5 Michael Smith Prakash Jiwa 6-2 Scott Mackenzie Kyle Anderson 6-1 Colin Lloyd Conan Whitehead 6-5 Jason Lovett Losers: £250 Third Round Gary Anderson 6-4 David Pallett Matt Clark 6-3 Daryl Gurney Ricky Evans 6-3 Justin Pipe Ian White 6-3 Kevin Painter James Wade 6-4 Benito van de Pas Wes Newton 6-5 Adrian Lewis (Adrian Lewis hits nine-dart finish) Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Robert Thornton Ross Smith 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez ****** Christian Kist 6-5 Brendan Dolan Richie Howson 6-4 Keegan Brown Mervyn King 6-5 Jelle Klaasen Simon Whitlock 6-3 Mattew Edgar Peter Wright 6-2 Dennis Smith Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Johnny Haines Prakash Jiwa 6-4 Brian Woods Kyle Anderson 6-2 Conan Whitehead Losers: £500 Fourth Round Gary Anderson 6-0 Matt Clark Ian White 6-3 Ricky Evans James Wade 6-5 Wes Newton Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Ross Smith Richie Howson 6-1 Christian Kist Simon Whitlock 6-4 Mervyn King Peter Wright 6-4 Vincent van der Voort Prakash Jiwa 6-1 Kyle Anderson Losers: £1,000 Quarter-Finals Gary Anderson 6-2 Ian White James Wade 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp Simon Whitlock 6-4 Richie Howson Peter Wright 6-0 Prakash Jiwa Losers: £1,500 Semi-Finals Gary Anderson 6-5 James Wade Peter Wright 6-5 Simon Whitlock Losers: £2,500 Final Gary Anderson 6-5 Peter Wright Winner: £10,000 Runner-Up: £5,000 Shared from the Professional Darts Corp.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:39:15 +0000
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