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Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dobey clinches dramatic 17th Players Championship
World number seven Chris Dobey came out on top in a last-leg decider to beat Dirk van Duijvenbode and win the 17th Players Championship of the year. The 35-year-old Englishman hit a 70 checkout in the shootout to clinch a dramatic 8-7 victory in the final in Leicester. Advertisement It is Dobey's second Players Championship title of 2025 and his seventh career victory on the Pro Tour. Dutchman Van Duijvenbode had the superior average - 102.4 to 98.69 - but Dobey was far more clinical on the outer ring, making 38.1% of his darts at double to his opponent's 29.2%, and that proved the difference. Dobey arguably produced his best performance of the tournament in the last 16 as he averaged 103.21 in beating recent World Cup winner Josh Rock 6-3. He then saw off James Wade and Gian van Veen to book his place in the final. Van Duijvenbode thumped former world champion 6-1 Michael Smith in the quarter-finals, and triumphed 7-6 in a one-leg shootout against Australia's Damon Heta in the semis, before being unable to repeat the trick against Dobey.
The Sun
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Dutch Darts Championship 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Humphries, Van Gerwen and champ Rock in action on day 2
Dirk is looking almost assassin-like in this match. He gets to a finish with his opponent still in the 300s. The Dutchman takes out double 4 for the leg. Harju is struggling to find a response to this onslaught. Van Duijvenbode is thriving in front of these Dutch fans. The Dutchman hits double tops with his first dart with a 13-dart leg. This could be a quick match the way it is going. Dirk is looking in clinical form. He hits another double to put him three legs ahead. Van Duijvenbode can be a frustrating player to support at times. Moments of brilliance and then some really sketchy darts. He manages to take out his double to open up a lead here. Van Duijvenbode starts in very impressive form. He geets down to a double with Harju just on 144. However, two treble 20s allows him a dart to win the leg but he misses. His Dutch opponent hits double 4 to hold his throw. Down to our penultimate match of the evening. We have seen one Dutch player progress to tomorrow's matches so far. How these fans would love to see another two go through. Barney steps up just when it is needed. He hits double 12 to take the leg and the match. RVB showed his experience there. Hendricks starts pulling the treble visits out. He is able to lay up on double tops as a result but misses three darts for the leg. Barney cannot take out a triple-digit finish and Hendricks hits double 10 for the leg. RVB gets a maximum when he needs it most. With 45 remaining, Barney takes out double 16 with his last dart. He is just one leg away from victory in this one. Wow, what a leg from Hendricks. With 170 remaining, he gets two treble 20s with his first two darts. His third hits the wire of the bull and comes out of the board. With his next visit, Hendricks hits double 4 to draw level. The Dutch crowd are singing 'Barney army' and he is growing in confidence. Hendricks is struggling to cope with him right now. RVB misses one dart at double 16 for a three-leg lead. Hendricks takes out double 16 himself for the break of throw. Van Barneveld is really throwing some darts now. He gets down to a two dart finish and uses no more than that. RVB opens up a two-leg lead in the match. Barney opens up a big lead in the leg. It takes all the pressure off his finish. He takes out a double to retake the lead in the match. Good finish from Hendricks. With 74 remaining, he lands just in the corner of double 5. You felt he needed that to stop the RVB attack. Hendricks has gone off the boil since that first leg. RVB notches a 13-darter to hold his throw. He goes into the lead for the first time in this match. Van Barneveld gets back into his groove. He knew how important an instant reply was. With 80 remaining, he hits double tops for the break. The Dutch crowds cannot get enough of RVB. Both players match each other's scores in quite an even leg. Withh 120 remaining, Hendricks misses tops with his last dart. RVB cannot take out his score and misses double 16. Hendricks makes no such mistake to break the throw of Barney. It is an all-Dutch encounter now. Fan-favourite RVB will be hoping to make easy work of this one. Darts rarely tends to pan out that way. Krcmar gets down to a double first. Van Veen cannot take out 98 and leaves his opponent a chance. Krcmar hits double 2 to take the leg and the match.
