Daryl Gurney,
Chris Dobey,
Cameron Menzies and
Thibault Tricole in the last four of
Players Championship 19 in Milton Keynes this Thursday afternoon.
For Gurney, Danny Noppert took a 1-0 lead early in the match via a 14-darter, but saw the next three legs go to his Northern Irish opponent. Noppert then halved the deficit to 2-3 with an 11-darter, but Gurney responded with a 12-darter. With a 15-darter and a 20-darter, "Superchin" then secured a 6-2 victory over Noppert.
In the semifinals, Gurney will take on Chris Dobey. 'Hollywood' won convincingly against Mensur Suljovic. Thanks to an average of 105.52, it became no less than 6-1 for the Englishman.
The other semifinal is between Cameron Menzies and Thibault Tricole. Menzies was too strong for Martin Lukeman after an exciting match 6-5. 'Cammy' threw an average of 103.86 in the process. Tricole triumphed 6-3 against Nathan Rafferty, who was previously responsible for the elimination of Michael van Gerwen and Jeffrey Sparidaans.
A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.
Results Players Championship 19
Last 16
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Chris Dobey 6 | 5 James Wade
Daryl Gurney 6 | 5 Matthew Dennant
Danny Noppert 6 | 4 Martijn Dragt
Martin Lukeman 6 | 3 Ross Smith
Cameron Menzies 6 | 4 Stephen Bunting
Thibault Tricole 6 | 5 Gabriel Clemens
Nathan Rafferty 6 | 4 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Quarterfinals
Chris Dobey 6 | 1 Mensur Suljovic
Daryl Gurney 6 | 2 Danny Noppert
Cameron Menzies 6 | 5 Martin Lukeman
Thibault Tricole 6 | 3 Nathan Rafferty
Semi-final
Chris Dobey - | - Daryl Gurney
Cameron Menzies - | - Thibault Tricole