James Wade produced a superb comeback as he recovered from 5-3 down to defeat Kim Huybrechts 6-5 and take the Players Championship 17 title in Crawley on Today The left-hander continued his prolific run of form as he followed up his run to last weekends World Grand Prix final by taking the top prize in the £50,000 floor event at the K2 Centre. Wade hit a memorable double-start nine-darter in last weeks Grand Prix, and followed up Junes Gibraltar Trophy triumph with a second ranking title of the year. In doing so, Wade consolidated his position as sixth in the PDC Order of Merit ahead of Gary Anderson - who he came from 4-2 down against to claim a semi-final win on Saturday - as well as closing the gap on Peter Wright and Simon Whitlock above him in the world rankings with £10,000 prize money. Wade kicked off his day with a whitewash of German youngster Max Hopp, and then saw off Gerwyn Price, Wes Newton and Jelle Klaasen to reach the quarter-finals, where he edged out Robert Thornton 6-5 in a game of the highest quality. The Machine again showed his battling spirit in the semis as he overcame Anderson 6-4, before repeating his comeback in the decider against Huybrechts. After the left-hander took out 84 to win the opening leg, the Belgian landed a 180 as he levelled before finishing 170 to break and move 2-1 up. Huybrechts then extended his lead to 3-1 after Wade missed his chance to level in leg four, with the pair trading 180s as they shared the next two legs before Wade finished 101 to pull back to 4-3. The Hurricane posted double 18 to complete a 13-darter as he took a 5-3 lead, but Wade hit back in 14 darts - as the Belgian missed his chance to claim victory - and landed another 180 in leg ten to send the game into a decider. Wade, with the advantage of throw, scored 100, 180 and 140 to be first to a finish, and hit double six to seal the victory. Huybrechts was left to settle for the £5,000 runner-up prize as he won through to his first ranking final for almost 12 months, since he claimed the Dutch Masters title in October 2013. Frustration: Kim Huybrechts (Photo by Lawrence Lustig/PDC) The Belgian followed up a first round defeat of James Richardson with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Austrias Mensur Suljovic, and after seeing off Hong Kongs Scott Mackenzie was then taken all the way by Ronnie Baxter in the last 16. He then enjoyed back-to-back 6-3 victories over Steve Beaton and World Champion Michael van Gerwen as he reached the final, but agonisingly missed out on the title. World Grand Prix winner van Gerwen overcame Jamie Bain, Nigel Heydon, Royden Lam, Stephen Bunting, and Benito van de Pas as he reached the Semi-Finals. He was joined in the semi-finals by Gary Anderson, whose bid for a seventh ranking victory of the year had seen him defeat Chris Aubrey, Matt Padgett, Raymond van Barneveld, Jay Foreman and Darren Webster - with a ten-minute whitewash - before he lost out to Wade. Dutch youngster van de Pas continued his emergence on the PDC circuit with his run to the last eight, alongside Thornton, Beaton and Webster, while Lakeside Champion Bunting was joined in the last 16 by by Dutch duo Vincent van der Voort and Jelle Klaasen. Sunday will see a second Players Championship take place at the K2 Centre in Crawley, in the final ranking event before the top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit qualify for The Unibet Masters, which will be held at Edinburghs Royal Highland Centre on November 1-2. Sundays tournament also completes the penultimate PDC ProTour weekend of the year, with only the double-header in Coventry on November 22-23 to follow before the fields for the Players Championship Finals and William Hill World Championship are finalised. The double-header of Players Championships are also the last events to be held ahead of next weekends European Championship, which will be held from October 24-26 in Muelheim. Players Championship 17 Results Saturday October 18 First Round Gary Anderson (1) 6-2 Chris Aubrey Matt Padgett 6-2 Ross Twell Raymond van Barneveld (32) 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez Daryl Gurney 6-4 Kevin Thomas Steve West 6-5 Jamie Caven (16) John Part 6-0 Ryan Harrington Brett Claydon 6-5 Terry Jenkins (17) Jay Foreman 6-4 John Bowles Mervyn King (8) 6-5 Jason Lovett Peter Hudson 6-5 Adrian Gray Kevin McDine 6-5 Andrew Gilding (25) Mickey Mansell 6-2 Dave Bird Justin Pipe (9) 6-3 Joe Murnan Steve Grubb 6-5 Connie Finnan Darren Webster (24) 6-4 Dave Ladley Pete Dyos 6-1 Colin Osborne Michael Smith (5) 6-3 Josh Payne Stuart Kellett 6-1 Mark Forman Jelle Klaasen (28) 6-4 Steve Hine Steve Douglas 6-5 Darren Johnson James Wade (12) 6-0 Max Hopp Gerwyn Price 6-2 Adam Hunt Wes Newton (21) 6-2 Mark Dudbridge Terry Temple 6-0 Aden Kirk Robert Thornton (4) 6-3 Antonio Alcinas Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Gary Stone Jamie Lewis (29) 6-5 Keegan Brown Johnny Haines 6-5 Ben Ward Vincent van der Voort (13) 6-2 Magnus Caris Joe Lacey 6-5 Gino Vos Matt Clark 6-2 Dean Winstanley (20) Stuart White 6-5 Kevin Dowling Michael van Gerwen (2) 6-4 Jamie Bain Nigel Heydon 6-0 Ryan De Vreede Paul Nicholson (31) 6-4 Ricky Evans Ting Chi Royden Lam 6-1 Arron Monk Dave Chisnall (15) 6-2 Marc Dewsbury Joe Cullen 6-1 Christian Kist Stephen Bunting (18) 6-3 James Hubbard Ian Moss 6-3 John Henderson Peter Wright (7) 6-5 Ron Meulenkamp Jeff Batham 6-4 Joey Ten Berge Andy Smith (26) 6-4 Mark Walsh Benito van de Pas 6-4 Mick Todd Andy Parsons 6-1 Ian White (10) Campbell Jackson 6-1 Jamie Robinson Kevin Painter (23) 6-2 Jyhan Artut Ross Smith 6-4 William OConnor Kim Huybrechts (6) 6-3 James Richardson Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Kurt Parry Richie Burnett (27) 6-0 Mareno Michels Scott Mackenzie 6-5 Matthew Edgar Simon Whitlock (11) 6-4 Andy Jenkins Tony Newell 6-3 Dan Russell Ronnie Baxter (22) 6-3 Conan Whitehead Paul Amos 6-5 Zoran Lerchbacher Brendan Dolan (3) 6-4 Wayne Jones Brian Woods 6-3 Colin Lloyd Jim Walker 6-5 Mark Webster (30) Dennis Smith 6-4 Michael Barnard Steve Beaton (14) 6-0 Dimitri Van Den Bergh Steve Brown 6-5 Denis Ovens David Pallett 6-5 Andy Hamilton (19) Kyle Anderson 6-3 Jerry Hendriks Second Round Gary Anderson 6-1 Matt Padgett Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Daryl Gurney Steve West 6-3 John Part Jay Foreman 6-2 Brett Claydon Peter Hudson 6-5 Mervyn King Kevin McDine 6-1 Mickey Mansell Justin Pipe 6-0 Steve Grubb Darren Webster 6-4 Pete Dyos Michael Smith 6-1 Stuart Kellett Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Steve Douglas James Wade 6-4 Gerwyn Price Wes Newton 6-4 Terry Temple Robert Thornton 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts Jamie Lewis 6-3 Johnny Haines Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Joe Lacey Matt Clark 6-1 Stuart White Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Nigel Heydon Ting Chi Royden Lam 6-5 Paul Nicholson Dave Chisnall 6-5 Joe Cullen Stephen Bunting 6-1 Ian Moss Peter Wright 6-3 Jeff Batham Benito van de Pas 6-2 Andy Smith Andy Parsons 6-3 Campbell Jackson Ross Smith 6-5 Kevin Painter Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Mensur Suljovic Scott MacKenzie 6-3 Richie Burnett Simon Whitlock 6-1 Tony Newell Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Paul Amos Brian Woods 6-5 Brendan Dolan Jim Walker 6-2 Dennis Smith Steve Beaton 6-2 Steve Brown David Pallett 6-3 Kyle Anderson Losers £250 Third Round Gary Anderson 6-3 Raymond van Barneveld Jay Foreman 6-0 Steve West Kevin McDine 6-3 Peter Hudson Darren Webster 6-5 Justin Pipe Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Michael Smith James Wade 6-2 Wes Newton Robert Thornton 6-2 Jamie Lewis Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Matt Clark Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Ting Chi Royden Lam Stephen Bunting 6-5 Dave Chisnall Benito van de Pas 6-3 Peter Wright Ross Smith 6-3 Andy Parsons Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Scott MacKenzie Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Simon Whitlock Brian Woods 6-3 Jim Walker Steve Beaton 6-4 David Pallett Losers £500 Fourth Round Gary Anderson 6-1 Jay Foreman Darren Webster 6-2 Kevin McDine James Wade 6-2 Jelle Klaasen Robert Thornton 6-4 Vincent van der Voort Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Stephen Bunting Benito van de Pas 6-2 Ross Smith Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Ronnie Baxter Steve Beaton 6-3 Brian Woods Losers £1,000 Quarter-Finals Gary Anderson 6-0 Darren Webster James Wade 6-5 Robert Thornton Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Benito van de Pas Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Steve Beaton Losers £1,500 Semi-Finals James Wade 6-4 Gary Anderson Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Michael van Gerwen Losers £2,500 Final James Wade 6-5 Kim Huybrechts Winner £10,000 Runner-Up £5,000
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:43:37 +0000
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