Record-Breaking Number of Nine-Darters Hit at Start of 2019

News

MORE nine-darter have been hit in the opening two months of the 2019 campaign than ever before.

Price Wins Back-To-Back Titles At PC6

BetMGM Premier League

GERWYN PRICE made it back-to-back PDC title wins with an 8-4 victory over Ricky Evans at Players Championship 6.

Price Claims Fifth Title At PC5

ProTour

GERWYN PRICE continued his impressive start to 2019 by claiming a fifth PDC title at Players Championship 5.

2019 European Tour 1-2 Qualifiers

European Tour

ROUND-UP & results from the UK Qualifier and European Qualifier for the 2019 European Darts Open and German Darts Championship.

Durrant Reflects On Maiden PDC Title Win

ProTour

GLEN DURRANT couldn't hide his joy after picking up his first PDC title at Players Championship 4 on Sunday.

2019 Players Championship 5-6 Entries

ProTour

ENTRIES have been confirmed for Players Championships 5-6 at The Barnsley Metrodome on February 23-24.

Van Gerwen Breaks ProTour Title Record

ProTour

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN broke the record for the number of PDC ProTour title wins on Saturday.

Durrant Wins First PDC Title

ProTour

GLEN DURRANT clinched his first ever PDC title with victory in Players Championship Four in Wigan.

Van Gerwen Wins Players Championship Three

NINE-DART STAR Michael van Gerwen was at his flamboyant best as he clinched the Players Championship Three title.

Chisnall Credits Mental Strength For PC2 Title

ProTour

DAVE CHISNALL believes his improved mental strength saw him end his 18-month wait for a PDC title.

Brendan Dolan continued his resurgence by winning Players Championship 29 in Barnsley on Monday, while Peter Wright set a new record for the highest ever recorded average in a live broadcast match.

Having ended his five-year wait for a PDC title at Players Championship 22 in August, Dolan made it two in just over months with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Ian White in the final.

The Northern Irishman fired in averages of 104.9 and 104.8 in victories over Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price respectively on his way to the semi-finals, before overcoming record-breaker Wright in a last-leg decider to reach the final.

"I can still do it, I played quality darts today at the right times and I think I deserved any luck I got," said Dolan, who now has six PDC titles to his name.

"The one in Hildesheim was more of a relief, whereas today I came into it with more belief that I could win having done it recently.

"When you've not been winning for five years your confidence is not so high and winning in Hildesheim has drastically changed that.

"In my head today I was determined to add money to my ranking to give me shot of qualifying for the 2020 World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

"I've missed those two events for the last three years and it's killed me not being there, so hopefully next year I will be."

Former World Grand Prix runner-up Dolan produced checkouts of 136 and 161 to hold throw in two of the opening four legs of the final, before finding his way through to double three for the first break of the match in leg seven to take a 4-3 lead.

Another ton-plus finish, this time a 108, opened up a two-leg cushion for Dolan, an advantage which he soon doubled by taking the next two legs.

White then began a spirited comeback, and after Dolan squandered three match darts in leg 12, White found himself within a leg of Dolan at 6-7.

However, Dolan held firm and a strong leg on throw saw ended with him hitting the match-winning double at the fifth attempt.

Earlier in the day, Wright averaged 123.5 in his 6-0 quarter-final win against Krzysztof Ratajski, the highest ever recorded in a live broadcast darts match.

The previous record broadcast average was 123.4, set by Michael van Gerwen in a 7-1 defeat of Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League.

Elsewhere, the day was also a significant one for Ron Meulenkamp who reached his sixth ProTour semi-final, but the Dutchman was unable to break his duck of never making it to a final.

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