PDC Players Championship 2018

[Dartsfan99]

Please, can somebody publish the Pro Tour Order of Merit after the tournament today?

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Please, can somebody publish the Pro Tour Order of Merit after the tournament today?

Courtesy of Burton.

Stephen Bunting and John Henderson just behind James Wade, Mervyn King, and Gerwyn Price in the race to be seeded for ETs 7&8 with just next weekend's event in Sindelfingen to go. Minimum money added to qualifiers for ET5.

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Courtesy of Premium Dart Data

PDC Players Championship 2018 Tables
After #PC9 and #PC10

OoM
MvG £43,250
G. Anderson £30,750
A. Lewis £23,500

Averages
MvG 100.24
Cross 98.50
G. Anderson 98.15

180s
A. Lewis 104
G. Anderson 103
Chisnall 100

100+ checkouts
Chisnall 28
J. Wilson 28
MvG 27

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JEFFREY DE ZWAAN is determined to make his mark in televised tournaments after claiming a first senior PDC title at Players Championship Ten in Wigan on Sunday.

De Zwaan’s win has now catapulted him into a strong position to qualify for the BetVictor World Matchplay and Unibet World Grand Prix later this year.

The Dutchman has made huge strides since winning back his PDC Tour Card on the first day of Qualifying School in January, reaching two ProTour finals before going all the way at the Robin Park Tennis Centre on Sunday.

“Since I won my Tour Card back, I’ve started believing in myself again,” said de Zwaan, who was a winner on the PDC Unicorn Development Tour in 2017.

“I was struggling for two years and it’s been a really hard time for me in darts.

“Going back to Q-School this year was tough but since then everything has been growing and growing."

The 22-year-old revealed that hard work has been the key to his success in 2018.

“I’ve put a lot more work in. I’ve been practicing for two or three hours every day and now the fans can see what I can do,” de Zwaan added.

“I know how well I can play and today I’ve done that, which means a lot to me.”

“The only thing I have changed is that I now have my coach with me at every tournament and we practice together every day.”

The exciting Dutch star is now keen to make an impression in televised tournaments and even has ambitions of winning a major title on TV.

“I want to win a TV tournament. If I am good enough to win a Players Championship then why not?

“I have set myself a target of playing in many more TV tournaments - I want to make the World Championship, World Grand Prix and World Matchplay.

“I know I’m good enough, but whether or not I’m ready yet we shall see.”

The Dutchman held his nerve in a crucial deciding leg to edge past Clayton 6-5 and spoke of his joy straight after the win.

“I feel wonderful, it means so much to me,” said de Zwaan.

“It’s an amazing feeling to win my first ever PDC title, I can’t put this feeling into words.

"I’ve lost two finals so far this year so I was going into this game thinking ‘I don’t want to lose in the final again.'"

De Zwaan will be back in action on Thursday as he competes in the European & Home Nation Qualifier for a place at the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany which begins on Friday.

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Players Championship 11
Saturday May 19, Arena MK, Milton Keynes
Martin Atkins (Wigan)
Michael Barnard
Toni Alcinas
Gary Anderson
Kyle Anderson
Nathan Aspinall
Jamie Bain
Ronnie Baxter
Steve Beaton
Bradley Brooks
Jim Brown
Keegan Brown
Lee Bryant
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Richie Burnett
Stephen Burton
Corey Cadby
Jamie Caven
Dave Chisnall
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Joe Cullen
Scott Darbyshire
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jan Dekker
Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan
Eddie Dootson
Mark Dudbridge
Gary Eastwood
Matthew Edgar
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Andrew Gilding
John Goldie
Robbie Green
Sven Groen
Daryl Gurney
Ryan Harrington
John Henderson
Jimmy Hendriks
Steve Hine
Max Hopp
Adam Huckvale
Peter Hudson
Luke Humphries
Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Peter Jacques
Terry Jenkins
Prakash Jiwa
Darren Johnson
Wayne Jones
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Vincent Kamphuis
Tytus Kanik
George Killington
Mervyn King
Aden Kirk
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Steve Lennon
Zoran Lerchbacher
Adrian Lewis
Jamie Lewis
Mickey Mansell
Robert Marijanovic
Ryan Meikle
Ron Meulenkamp
Arron Monk
Joe Murnan
Dawson Murschell
Tony Newell
Paul Nicholson
Dennis Nilsson
Danny Noppert
Alan Norris
Richard North
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
Kevin Painter
John Part
Josh Payne
Devon Petersen
Justin Pipe
Simon Preston
Gerwyn Price
Chris Quantock
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
James Richardson
Mario Robbe
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Paul Rowley
Martin Schindler
Ryan Searle
Kirk Shepherd
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Simon Stevenson
Mensur Suljovic
Alan Tabern
Scott Taylor
Terry Temple
Robert Thornton
Ross Twell
Davy Van Baelen
Benito van de Pas
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent van der Voort
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
James Wade
Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Steve West
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
James Wilson
Mark Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright

Players Championship 12
Sunday May 20, Arena MK, Milton Keynes
Martin Atkins (Wigan)
Michael Barnard
Toni Alcinas
Gary Anderson
Kyle Anderson
Nathan Aspinall
Jamie Bain
Ronnie Baxter
Steve Beaton
Bradley Brooks
Jim Brown
Keegan Brown
Lee Bryant
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Richie Burnett
Stephen Burton
Corey Cadby
Jamie Caven
Dave Chisnall
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Joe Cullen
Scott Darbyshire
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jan Dekker
Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan
Eddie Dootson
Mark Dudbridge
Gary Eastwood
Matthew Edgar
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Andrew Gilding
John Goldie
Robbie Green
Sven Groen
Daryl Gurney
Ryan Harrington
John Henderson
Jimmy Hendriks
Steve Hine
Max Hopp
Adam Huckvale
Peter Hudson
Luke Humphries
Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Peter Jacques
Terry Jenkins
Prakash Jiwa
Darren Johnson
Wayne Jones
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Vincent Kamphuis
Tytus Kanik
George Killington
Mervyn King
Aden Kirk
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Steve Lennon
Zoran Lerchbacher
Adrian Lewis
Jamie Lewis
Mickey Mansell
Robert Marijanovic
Ryan Meikle
Ron Meulenkamp
Arron Monk
Joe Murnan
Dawson Murschell
Tony Newell
Paul Nicholson
Dennis Nilsson
Danny Noppert
Alan Norris
Richard North
William O'Connor
Robert Owen
Kevin Painter
John Part
Josh Payne
Devon Petersen
Justin Pipe
Simon Preston
Gerwyn Price
Chris Quantock
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
James Richardson
Mario Robbe
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Paul Rowley
Martin Schindler
Ryan Searle
Kirk Shepherd
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Simon Stevenson
Mensur Suljovic
Alan Tabern
Scott Taylor
Terry Temple
Robert Thornton
Ross Twell
Davy Van Baelen
Benito van de Pas
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Vincent van der Voort
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
James Wade
Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Steve West
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
James Wilson
Mark Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright

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Courtesy of Burton.

A season-low six Tour Card holders—including World Champion Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld—are skipping PCs 11 and 12 in Milton Keynes.

[Stinus98]

Cadby is back!

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Cadby is back!

Entered the ET7 and 8 qualifiers as well. Needs a couple of decent results if he is to qualify for the Matchplay.

[foggs3355]

Cadby is back!

Entered the ET7 and 8 qualifiers as well. Needs a couple of decent results if he is to qualify for the Matchplay.

He going have to quality for both euros have deep run in both like to semi it still got 7 Euro tours events to make euros if he qualifies for at least 5 out of 7 as few runs in each he make that event wmp is tight I think missed to many events

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Mac Elkin tweeted that Kyle Anderson will also miss these as is going back to Oz.

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Burton DeWitt
@bsd987

Here's the ProTour Order of Merit heading into Milton Keynes. Steve Lennon set to be seeded 27th next Saturday, pending withdrawals. Peter Wright back up to #2.

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Players Championship 11

Last 128

Peter WrightBYE|-

Zoran Lerchbacher6|4Jose Justicia

Jason Lowe6|5Cristo Reyes

Ross Smith6|5Mario Robbe

Stephen Bunting6|1Ryan Meikle

Davy Van Baelen6|5Kevin Burness

Steve Beaton6|3George Killington

Adam Hunt6|5Joe Murnan

Dave Chisnall6|5Kirk Shepherd

Dimitri Van den Bergh6|4Madars Razma

Steve Lennon6|3Mark Wilson

Vincent Kamphuis6|4Sven Groen

Richie Burnett6|5James Wade

Bradley Brooks6|4John Davey

Keegan Brown6|4Simon Preston

Ricky Evans6|2Prakash Jiwa

Mensur Suljovic6|5Ross Twell

Paul Nicholson6|4Diogo Portela

Justin Pipe6|4Ron Meulenkamp

Simon Stevenson6|3Jamie Caven

Simon Whitlock6|4Jeffrey de Graaf

Ritchie Edhouse6|1Mark Webster

Gabriel Clemens6|5Richard North

Steve Hine6|3Toni Alcinas

Joe Cullen6|4Dawson Murschell

Brendan Dolan6|4Eddie Dootson

Nathan Aspinall6|3Steve West

Robert Marijanovic6|3Dennis Nilsson

Mervyn King6|2Robert Owen

Michael Barnard6|2Chris Quantock

James Wilson6|4Tytus Kanik

Kevin Painter6|5Luke Humphries

Michael Smith6|2Scott Darbyshire

Lee Bryant6|1John Goldie

Christian Kist6|3Jamie Lewis

Peter Jacques6|4Ronny Huybrechts

Martin Schindler6|2Kim Huybrechts

Benito van de Pas6|2Jimmy Hendriks

John Henderson6|4Arron Monk

James Richardson6|2Darren Johnson

Ian White6|3Paul Rowley

Stephen Burton6|4Aden Kirk

Alan Norris6|1Robbie Green

Danny Noppert6|1Jamie Bain

Darren Webster6|1Scott Taylor

Alan Tabern6|3Ronnie Baxter

Vincent van der Voort6|3Ryan Searle

Chris Dobey6|2Terry Temple

Ryan Harrington6|5Jonny Clayton

Ryan Joyce6|4Jason Cullen

Jelle Klaasen6|4Cody Harris

Mickey Mansell6|4Ted Evetts

Gary Anderson6|4Josh Payne

Peter Hudson6|3Rowby-John Rodriguez

Jermaine Wattimena6|4Adam Huckvale

Tony Newell6|3Dirk van Duijvenbode

Daryl Gurney6|3Devon Petersen

Wayne Jones6|2William O'Connor

Jeffrey de Zwaan6|1Terry Jenkins

Gary Eastwood6|1Luke Woodhouse

Gerwyn Price6|2Martin Atkins (Wigan)

Matthew Edgar6|2John Part

Adrian Lewis6|0Mark Dudbridge

Jan Dekker6|1Jim Brown

Last 64

Peter Wright6|4Zoran Lerchbacher

Ross Smith6|4Jason Lowe

Davy Van Baelen6|5Stephen Bunting

Adam Hunt6|3Steve Beaton

Dave Chisnall6|2Dimitri Van den Bergh

Steve Lennon6|3Vincent Kamphuis

Richie Burnett6|4Bradley Brooks

Ricky Evans6|1Keegan Brown

Paul Nicholson6|3Mensur Suljovic

Simon Stevenson6|5Justin Pipe

Simon Whitlock6|3Ritchie Edhouse

Gabriel Clemens6|1Steve Hine

Brendan Dolan6|1Joe Cullen

Nathan Aspinall6|3Robert Marijanovic

Michael Barnard6|5Mervyn King

James Wilson6|5Kevin Painter

Michael Smith6|3Lee Bryant

Christian Kist6|4Peter Jacques

Benito van de Pas6|5Martin Schindler

John Henderson6|4James Richardson

Stephen Burton6|5Ian White

Danny Noppert6|4Alan Norris

Darren Webster6|1Alan Tabern

Vincent van der Voort6|4Chris Dobey

Ryan Joyce6|2Ryan Harrington

Mickey Mansell6|4Jelle Klaasen

Gary Anderson6|5Peter Hudson

Jermaine Wattimena6|4Tony Newell

Daryl Gurney6|3Wayne Jones

Jeffrey de Zwaan6|3Gary Eastwood

Gerwyn Price6|4Matthew Edgar

Adrian Lewis6|2Jan Dekker

Last 32

Peter Wright6|1Ross Smith

Adam Hunt6|2Davy Van Baelen

Dave Chisnall6|4Steve Lennon

Ricky Evans6|3Richie Burnett

Paul Nicholson6|2Simon Stevenson

Gabriel Clemens6|3Simon Whitlock

Brendan Dolan6|4Nathan Aspinall

Michael Barnard6|4James Wilson

Michael Smith6|4Christian Kist

Benito van de Pas6|5John Henderson

Danny Noppert6|1Stephen Burton

Darren Webster6|4Vincent van der Voort

Ryan Joyce6|2Mickey Mansell

Gary Anderson6|1Jermaine Wattimena

Daryl Gurney6|0Jeffrey de Zwaan

Adrian Lewis6|5Gerwyn Price

Last 16

Peter Wright6|1Adam Hunt

Ricky Evans6|1Dave Chisnall

Gabriel Clemens6|5Paul Nicholson

Brendan Dolan6|3Michael Barnard

Michael Smith6|0Benito van de Pas

Darren Webster6|2Danny Noppert

Gary Anderson6|3Ryan Joyce

Adrian Lewis6|3Daryl Gurney

Last Eight

Peter Wright6|1Ricky Evans

Gabriel Clemens6|5Brendan Dolan

Darren Webster6|4Michael Smith

Gary Anderson6|5Adrian Lewis

Last Four

Gabriel Clemens6|4Peter Wright

Gary Anderson6|5Darren Webster

Final

Gary Anderson6|5Gabriel Clemens

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Just in from work and caught the last 5 legs of the Final.

Good to see Ando back on form after his disappointing performance on Thursday.

Have also managed to avoid the score in the Scottish Cup Final so am currently watching this with The Hoops just having gone 1 up.

Great Saturday so far.

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Courtesy of Burton.

Gabriel Clemens first ProTour final moves him into the top 10 of the Players Championship Order of Merit at the halfway stage, as Gary Anderson closes the gap on Michael van Gerwen at the top of the table.

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Burton DeWitt
@bsd987

Here are the seeds for tomorrow's action, assuming Michael van Gerwen and Max Hopp do not enter, and assuming everyone else in today is in tomorrow.

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Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Gabriel Clemens has reached more Players Championship quarterfinals this year (3) than the World Champion (2) or the world number 2 (2).

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Christopher Kempf
@Ochepedia

Anderson won 4 deciding legs, and averaged 113.43 in those 4, en route to the PC11 title.

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Some stats for Gary today courtesy of Carl Fletcher.

Well done Gary Anderson on winning #PC11. Had to dig deep to beat Gabriel Clemens 6-5 in the final. Winning 5 out of the last 6 legs after trailing 4-1. Those 5 legs were won in just 70 darts (14-14-15-14-13). Won 4 last leg deciders en route to victory, 3 against throw.

[Robson]

Cant say im a fan of Nicholson - Hes too WWF for my liking - I dont like the whole gimmick side to darts - Im quite old school - Darts should be played in good spirits and may the best man win - Misunderstanding will always happen - They happen down the pub - But dont go up there trying to be Hulk Hogan or The Rock - Does nothing for the game - God bless his soul but I blame Bristow for all this - Too much mouth for my liking - Give me Lowe over him any day - Know what I mean -

Robson

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