O'Connor & Lennon Reflect On World Cup Exploits

BetVictor World Cup of Darts

WILLIAM O'CONNOR & Steve Lennon hope to use their run to the BetVictor World Cup of Darts final as a platform for further success.

2019 Dutch Darts Masters Finals Day

European Tour

IAN WHITE landed back-to-back European Tour titles by winning the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters in Zwolle.

2019 Dutch Darts Masters Day Two

European Tour

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD raised the roof with victory over Michael Smith on Day Two of the Dutch Darts Masters.

2019 Dutch Darts Masters Day One

European Tour

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD enjoyed a 6-2 win over Pal Szekely on Friday as the Dutch Darts Masters began in Zwolle.

2019 Dutch Darts Masters Draw/Schedule

European Tour

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD will headline a star-studded opening day of the Dutch Darts Masters on Friday.

Harris & De Decker Amongst ET Qualifiers

European Tour

CODY HARRIS was one of five players to win through the European Associate Member Qualifiers for Events Seven-Nine.

2019 ET7 & ET8 Qualifiers

European Tour

THE qualifiers for the Dutch Darts Masters and Danish Darts Opn take place on Friday in Barnsley.

White Wins Second European Tour Title

European Tour

IAN WHITE clinched his second career European Title with a dramatic last-leg 8-7 victory over Peter Wright.

2019 European Darts Grand Prix Day Two

European Tour

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN overcame a scare against Brendan Dolan in the European Darts Grand Prix second round.

Dutch Darts Masters & Danish Darts Open Entries

European Tour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters and Danish Darts Open events on the PDC European Tour.

Daryl Gurney claimed his first floor title of the year at Players Championship 25 in Barnsley on Saturday.

World number three Gurney defeated Nathan Aspinall 8-5 in the final to end his wait for a Players Championship event win stretching back to April 2017.

Current holder of the Players Championship Finals title, Gurney produced a string of dominant displays throughout the day, winning all seven games by at least three legs.

"It feels too long [since last winning a Players Championship event], I often struggle and don't bring my 'A-game'," said Gurney, who won his first European Tour title in March.

"This week everything went great for me and I found something extra. I kicked in well with plenty of 180s to give myself opportunities which I took.

"These events are harder to win than a TV tournament; you can play an unbelievable game and then you're straight back into your next game just a few minutes later."

A keenly contested final began with eight consecutive holds of throw, including a 155 checkout from UK Open champion Aspinall, who was competing in his third ProTour final of the year.

Gurney, a runner-up at Players Championship Seven in March, cleaned up 45 to land the first break of the match in leg ten to go 6-4 in front.

The Northern Irishman then fired in his fifth and sixth 180s of the contest as he kept Aspinall at bay, before taking out 44 to seal the £10,000 top prize.

Gurney's day began with victories over Darren Webster, Steve Lennon and Mervyn King before seeing off Jelle Klaasen to reach the quarter-finals.

There, he defeated Peter Wright 6-2 before overcoming Ian White 7-4 to reach the final.

Elsewhere, Justin Pipe continued his resurgence with a fifth ProTour quarter-final of 2019, while Max Hopp made his third last eight appearance on the ProTour.

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