Searle recently won the first Players Championship. Then the Englishman was 6-5 too strong for Van Duijvenbode in the quarterfinals. Now it was the Dutchman who was the strongest. With an average of 102.39, Van Duijvenbode was a good size too big for Searle, who did not get further than an average of 89.88 in the final. It is the fourth Players Championship title for Van Duijvenbode.
Van Duijvenbode reached the final on Sunday by Mervyn King (6-4), compatriot Geert Nentjes (6-5), Callan Rydz (6-4), Jonny Clayton (6-3), Stephen Bunting (6-5) and Joe Cullen (7-6). Especially in the round of 16 against Clayton Aubergenius impression. He averaged 108.08 against the Welshman in that match.
2023 Players Championship winners
1: Ryan Searle
2: Danny Noppert
3: Kim Huybrechts
4: Dirk van Duijvenbode
Raymond van Barneveld found his waterloo in the last sixteen. Barney lost 6-2 to Cullen. Van Barneveld was still responsible for the elimination of Noppert, who recently won the second Players Championship wrote in his name. Van Barneveld won 6-4 in the first round The Freeze. Vincent van der Voort also did not get further than the first round. He went down against Ian White (6-1), the Englishman who also eliminated Belgian Kim Huybrechts in the second round. Huybrechts won on Saturday the third Players Championship.
Michael van Gerwen left this weekend’s floor tournaments pass him by. Premier League darts players Michael Smith and Peter Wright also made this choice. Christian Kist and Chris Landman therefore got a chance to participate on Saturday and Sunday. They were both eliminated in the first round on Saturday, Kist made it to the second round on Sunday.