Alan Soutar and Daryl Gurney to battle it out for Players Championship 11 glory

In a slight surprise to what would have been expected at the start of the day, Alan Soutar and Daryl Gurney will battle it out in the final of Players Championship 11 in Hildesheim.

Having already defeated the likes of Steve Beaton, Martin Lukeman, Danny Noppert, Ritchie Edhouse and Niels Zonneveld earlier in the day, Soutar made short work of Dirk van Duijvenbode in the semi-finals, racing into a dominant whitewash win to power into the Pro Tour final 7-0.

Gurney, like Soutar started off strongly, moving 4-0 up early on. Raymond van Barneveld fought back into the tie however, and for a moment looked to have completely switched the momentum around. In the end though, it was the Northern Irishman who prevailed.

PDC Players Championship 11

Last 32

Scott Williams 6 | 2 Ian White

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 0 Luke Woodhouse

Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Martijn Dragt

Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Lee Evans

Damon Heta 6 | 4 Maik Kuivenhoven

James Wade 6 | 1 Mensur Suljovic

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Wessel Nijman

Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Mervyn King

Alan Soutar 6 | 2 Danny Noppert

Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 5 Nick Kenny

Jeffrey Sparidaans 6 | 2 Nathan Aspinall

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 1 Gian van Veen

Gerwyn Price 6 | 3 Graham Hall

Madars Razma 6 | 2 Ryan Meikle

Stephen Burton 6 | 0 Cam Crabtree

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Last 16

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Scott Williams

Kevin Doets 6 | 5 Mike De Decker

James Wade 6 | 4 Damon Heta

Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Jermaine Wattimena

Alan Soutar 6 | 4 Ritchie Edhouse

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Madars Razma 6 | 1 Gerwyn Price

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Stephen Burton

Quarter-Finals

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Kevin Doets

Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 James Wade

Alan Soutar 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Madars Razma

Semi-Finals

Raymond van Barneveld 4 | 7 Daryl Gurney

Alan Soutar 7 | 0 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Final

Daryl Gurney - | - Alan Soutar