Dazzling Dirk van Duijvenbode seals repeat win over Ryan Searle to claim second ProTour title of 2023 at Players Championship 6

Just like the end of the last double header, Dirk van Duijvenbode has defeated Ryan Searle and sealed a second ProTour and fifth overall PDC title to claim Players Championship 6 and become the first repeat winner of the 2023 season.

Searle had a dart at 5-3 at double five but from there, Van Duijvenbode surged ahead with six 180's, a 103 average and 47.1% on the doubles in a superb 8-4 win.

A 159 from Searle set up 24 but after three missed darts, Van Duijvenbode smashed in a 142 checkout to break. He followed that up with a 148 to hold. He missed 121 for a hat-trick of huge checkouts and Searle held with a 72 checkout.

It was three maximums in three legs for ‘Heavy Metal’ but Van Duijvenbode set up 40 needing Searle to hit 145 and he missed double 20 which meant ‘The Titan’ returned for a 3-1 lead.

Van Duijvenbode couldn’t get a dart at 112 and Searle hit 56 to make it 3-2 down. He continued to turn it around and hit double four for three successive legs and a 4-3 lead.

Searle missed 87 on double five for a break to go 5-3 up and Van Duijvenbode used two double one’s off five to make it 4-4. A 14-darter saw Van Duijvenbode break and wrestle back control at 5-4. He pinned double eight for 6-4.

He went one away with a 102 checkout on double 16 to make it 7-4. He left 83 after nine and sealed the win from there using bull, double eight.

Players Championship 6 Results

Last 16

Luke Humphries (95.71) 6 | 2 (84.05) Chris Landman

Ross Smith (92.98) 6 | 2 (94.75) Graham Usher

Michael van Gerwen (92.06) 6 | 2 (82.96) Richard Veenstra

Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.02) 6 | 0 (91.99) Ian White

Dave Chisnall (104.29) 6 | 2 (91.99) Vincent van der Voort

Ryan Searle (93.26) 6 | 3 (90.41) Matt Campbell

Mike De Decker (100.15) 6 | 3 (91.96) Jacques Labre

Gian van Veen (100.29) 6 | 4 (93.51) Jermaine Wattimena

Quarter-Finals

Luke Humphries (98.4) 6 | 4 (106.63) Ross Smith

Michael van Gerwen (101.91) 2 | 6 (102.38) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Dave Chisnall (101.69) 5 | 6 (93.57) Ryan Searle

Mike De Decker (88.80) 6 | 4 (92.24) Gian van Veen

Semi-Finals

Luke Humphries (99.94) 6 | 7 (105.36) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ryan Searle (107.14) 7 | 2 (94.93) Mike de Decker

Final

Dirk van Duijvenbode (103.92) 8 | 4 (96.97) Ryan Searle