24 legs won in a row(!): Remarkable Ross Smith produces one of the best winning runs ever to win Players Championship 16
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Ross Smith has hit two nine-dart finishes and has won 24 legs in a row winning his last three games of the day to nil at Players Championship 16 in one of the best runs ever seen on the ProTour today in Hildesheim.
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Smith won his Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and Final all to nil and won the last few legs of his prior tie as well. It is a fifth ProTour title for 'Smudger'. He is back into the top 16 and this will help with the World Matchplay too.
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Smith hadn't conceded a leg for the past two and a half matches and hit double six to make it 1-0. This was for a break and to go 1-0 up.
This run went on with Smith hitting double six for a 69 checkout. An 18 leg run for 'Smudger' as he looked to continue a perfect run. Double 16 saw Smith seal a double break as he suddenly looked to go into a 4-0 lead.
Dolan missed two chances to snap Smith's streak and he went 5-0 up with a 105 average for 'Smudger'.
22 legs without response saw Smith continue his wondrous run. Dolan missed bull for 86 and Smith hit double 12 for 7-0. Smith lapsed slightly but pinned 88 on the bull for the title. Incredible darts.
Players Championship 16
Final
Ross Smith (104.56) 8 | 0 (93.86) Brendan Dolan
Semi-Finals
Brendan Dolan (93.80) 7 | 5 (99.81) Gabriel Clemens
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Ross Smith (105.21) 7 | 0 (89.24) Luke Woodhouse
Quarter-Finals
Gabriel Clemens (97.86) 6 | 4 (94.25) Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan (94.32) 6 | 3 (91.14) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Woodhouse (92.94) 6 | 4 (87.18) Ricky Evans
Ross Smith (98.02) 6 | 0 (87.14) Danny Noppert
Last 16
Gabriel Clemens (93.07) 6 | 2 (87.80) Raymond van Barneveld
Kevin Doets (89.53) 6 | 2 (89.15) Dominik Gruellich
Brendan Dolan (93.10) 6 | 2 (90.77) Jim Long
Dirk van Duijvenbode (92.97) 6 | 0 (83.29) Darius Labanauskas
Luke Woodhouse (99.56) 6 | 4 (97.14) Martin Schindler
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Ricky Evans (95.23) 6 | 5 (99.46) Gary Anderson
Ross Smith (94.37) 6 | 3 (81.21) Chris Landman
Danny Noppert (91.31) 6 | 5 (93.57) Ryan Searle
Last 32
Gabriel Clemens (97.28) 6 | 2 (89.72) Dave Chisnall
Raymond van Barneveld (88.69) 6 | 4 (90.99) Jermaine Wattimena
Kevin Doets (90.00) 6 | 2 (85.74) Tom Bissell
Dominik Gruellich (98.37) 6 | 1 (92.13) Ricardo Pietreczko
Brendan Dolan (92.86) 6 | 2 (86.54) Madars Razma
Jim Long (98.18) 6 | 2 (97.16) Viktor Tingstrom
Darius Labanauskas (99.21) 6 | 3 (94.89) Gian van Veen
Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.02) 6 | 0 (83.60) Thibault Tricole
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Martin Schindler (93.39) 6 | 1 (83.63) Alexander Merkx
Luke Woodhouse (87.54) 6 | 3 (91.46) Joe Cullen
Gary Anderson (111.43) 6 | 1 (88.77) Kim Huybrechts
Ricky Evans (102.21) 6 | 1 (83.54) Tytus Kanik
Ross Smith (93.27) 6 | 2 (87.60) Pero Ljubic
Chris Landman (90.18) 6 | 4 (81.18) Ian White
Ryan Searle (98.69) 6 | 1 (85.58) Stephen Burton
Danny Noppert (93.11) 6 | 4 (95.85) Nathan Rafferty
Last 64
Gabriel Clemens (95.42) 6 | 1 (91.67) Jamai van den Herik
Dave Chisnall (86.97) 6 | 1 (80.23) Connor Scutt
Raymond van Barneveld (92.71) 6 | 4 (92.21) Scott Williams
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Jermaine Wattimena (84.83) 6 | 5 (88.47) James Hurrell
Kevin Doets (99.14) 6 | 4 (83.73) Robert Grundy
Tom Bissell (83.18) 6 | 1 (83.92) Rhys Griffin
Ricardo Pietreczko (93.94) 6 | 0 (79.27) Benjamin Reus
Dominik Gruellich (96.97) 6 | 0 (86.55) Darryl Pilgrim
Madars Razma (100.13) 6 | 2 (90.74) Brett Claydon
Brendan Dolan (90.83) 6 | 2 (85.45) Leon Weber
Jim Long (89.06) 6 | 3 (88.83) Graham Hall
Viktor Tingstrom (92.93) 6 | 2 (87.10) Greg Ritchie
Darius Labanauskas (92.33) 6 | 3 (85.02) Michele Turetta
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Gian van Veen (90.44) 6 | 5 (88.90) William Borland
Thibault Tricole (92.02) 6 | 5 (96.80) Niels Zonneveld
Dirk van Duijvenbode (107.53) 6 | 3 (95.13) Stefan Bellmont
Alexander Merkx (93.65) 6 | 4 (93.87) Dom Taylor
Martin Schindler (84.08) 6 | 5 (86.52) Maximilian Czerwinski
Joe Cullen (95.44) 6 | 3 (94.96) Karel Sedlacek
Luke Woodhouse (93.90) 6 | 4 (90.94) Cam Crabtree
Kim Huybrechts (95.37) 6 | 2 (87.53) Martin Lukeman
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Gary Anderson (99.10) 6 | 0 (80.57) Adam Paxton
Tytus Kanik (84.35) 6 | 3 (92.59) Mensur Suljovic
Ricky Evans (86.70) 6 | 3 (80.36) Peter Wright
Pero Ljubic (99.58) 6 | 2 (81.15) Danny Lauby
Ross Smith (105.64) 6 | 2 (91.70) Steve Lennon
Chris Landman (90.69) 6 | 4 (89.82) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ian White (91.34) 6 | 1 (81.98) Andy Boulton
Stephen Burton (86.01) 6 | 4 (84.41) Alan Soutar
Ryan Searle (98.13) 6 | 3 (86.27) Ryan Meikle
Nathan Rafferty (95.47) 6 | 5 (89.37) Krzysztof Ratajski
Danny Noppert (102.61) 6 | 3 (97.23) Radek Szaganski
Last 128
Gabriel Clemens (93.05) 6 | 5 (85.94) Jurjen van der Velde
Jamai van den Herik (90.18) 6 | 0 (78.27) Joshua Richardson
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Dave Chisnall (89.20) 6 | 2 (90.31) Dennie Olde Kalter
Connor Scutt (99.06) 6 | 4 (93.04) Matt Campbell
Raymond van Barneveld (101.98) 6 | 4 (90.93) Jelle Klaasen
Scott Williams (97.92) 6 | 2 (87.99) Jitse Van der Wal
Jermaine Wattimena (106.47) 6 | 2 (93.65) Ted Evetts
James Hurrell (96.32) 6 | 3 (91.70) Justin Hood
Kevin Doets (92.44) 6 | 5 (90.17) Andreas Harrysson
Robert Grundy (87.37) 6 | 4 (81.89) George Killington
Rhys Griffin (90.27) 6 | 5 (92.14) Mike De Decker
Tom Bissell (86.75) 6 | 4 (82.25) Rob Owen
Ricardo Pietreczko (82.75) 6 | 4 (82.82) Adam Hunt
Benjamin Reus (90.86) 6 | 4 (85.74) Christian Kist
Dominik Gruellich (93.76) 6 | 3 (94.72) Wessel Nijman
Darryl Pilgrim (92.27) 6 | 3 (88.02) Matthew Dennant
Madars Razma (90.81) 6 | 4 (87.38) Max Hopp
Brett Claydon (85.84) 6 | 2 (83.30) Patrick Geeraets
Brendan Dolan (93.13) 6 | 4 (104.41) Damon Heta
Leon Weber (87.99) 6 | 4 (87.48) Maik Kuivenhoven
Graham Hall (90.49) 6 | 3 (95.61) Ryan Joyce
Jim Long (80.45) 6 | 4 (80.11) Graham Usher
Viktor Tingstrom (96.00) 6 | 5 (88.74) James Wade
Greg Ritchie (93.31) 6 | 2 (88.62) Darren Beveridge
Darius Labanauskas (81.47) 6 | 3 (87.71) William O'Connor
Michele Turetta (81.58) 6 | 3 (84.37) Dragutin Horvat
Gian van Veen (91.59) 6 | 2 (85.33) Andy Baetens
William Borland (88.31) 6 | 4 (90.12) Niko Springer
Niels Zonneveld (102.93) 6 | 2 (83.71) Oskar Lukasiak
Thibault Tricole (88.72) 6 | 4 (83.91) Nick Kenny
Dirk van Duijvenbode (97.10) 6 | 3 (91.08) Bradley Brooks
Stefan Bellmont (85.73) 6 | 5 (87.62) Lukas Wenig
Dom Taylor (92.72) 6 | 3 (91.59) Jose De Sousa
Alexander Merkx (86.66) 6 | 2 (77.40) Kai Gotthardt
Martin Schindler (87.90) 6 | 5 (87.57) Florian Hempel
Maximilian Czerwinski (91.37) 6 | 3 (91.70) Carl Sneyd
Joe Cullen (92.43) 6 | 4 (95.72) Danny van Trijp
Karel Sedlacek (88.05) 6 | 4 (84.72) Jack Tweddell
Luke Woodhouse (98.08) 6 | 4 (83.76) Adam Warner
Cam Crabtree (99.88) 6 | 2 (87.32) Wesley Plaisier
Martin Lukeman (94.99) 6 | 2 (88.42) Marvin van Velzen
Kim Huybrechts (85.19) 6 | 4 (83.89) Kevin Burness
Gary Anderson (99.89) 6 | 5 (99.23) Owen Bates
Adam Paxton (85.91) 6 | 4 (80.96) Stefaan Henderyck
Mensur Suljovic (88.38) 6 | 2 (81.63) Ritchie Edhouse
Tytus Kanik (81.73) 6 | 5 (84.99) Mickey Mansell
Peter Wright (94.79) 6 | 5 (89.78) Martijn Dragt
Ricky Evans (95.15) 6 | 1 (87.24) Sam Spivey
Pero Ljubic (83.69) 6 | 2 (80.66) Callan Rydz
Danny Lauby (87.16) 6 | 5 (84.61) Jeffrey De Graaf
Ross Smith (92.47) 6 | 3 (83.16) Dylan Slevin
Steve Lennon (88.66) 6 | 3 (81.71) Sebastian Bialecki
Mario Vandenbogaerde (98.72) 6 | 3 (99.38) Michael Smith
Chris Landman (100.51) 6 | 5 (94.41) Cor Dekker
Ian White (90.17) 6 | 5 (86.13) Andrew Gilding
Andy Boulton (86.19) 6 | 4 (81.91) Jim Williams
Alan Soutar (78.54) 6 | 3 (77.91) Adam Lipscombe
Stephen Burton (91.38) 6 | 4 (91.84) Thomas Lovely
Ryan Searle (90.47) 6 | 4 (84.26) Keane Barry
Ryan Meikle (98.32) 6 | 2 (94.62) Tavis Dudeney
Krzysztof Ratajski (103.87) 6 | 1 (78.50) Richard Veenstra
Nathan Rafferty (85.37) 6 | 5 (88.54) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Danny Noppert (91.02) 6 | 5 (93.50) Nathan Girvan
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