Jose de Sousa has claimed his second PDC Pro Tour title within four weeks. The Portuguese became the winner of Players Championship 28 in Dublin.
The former World Championship participant started the tournament with easy wins over Mark Dudbridge (6-2) and Stephen Burton (6-1). Mark Webster managed to win four legs, before losing 6-4 in the third round. Jesus Noguera (6-2) and Kim Huybrechts (6-3) were also beaten by De Sousa en route to the semi-finals.
De Sousa then met Mensur Suljovic, who was defeated convincingly with 7-3. Meanwhile Glen Durrant battled past the likes of Cristo Reyes, Ian White en Gerwyn Price to move into the final.
The Portuguese made a strong start as took a 4-1 lead, before Durrant managed to level the match in the eighth. 'Duzza' also came back to 6-6 after being 6-4 down. De Sousa regained the lead in the 13th leg with a 52 checkout, before he hit a 16-darter to claim his second title of the season.
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Last 16
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 1 Gabriel Clemens
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 2 Peter Wright
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 5 Christian Bunse
Jose De Sousa 6 | 2 Jesus Noguera
Gerwyn Price 6 | 5 Jonny Clayton
James Wade 6 | 5 Jose Justicia
Glen Durrant 6 | 4 Ritchie Edhouse
Ian White 6 | 4 Conan Whitehead
Quarter-Finals
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 2 Jermaine Wattimena
Jose De Sousa 6 | 3 Kim Huybrechts
Gerwyn Price 6 | 2 James Wade
Glen Durrant 6 | 5 Ian White
Semi-Finals
Jose De Sousa 7 | 3 Mensur Suljovic
Glen Durrant 7 | 6 Gerwyn Price
Final
Jose De Sousa 8 | 6 Glen Durrant
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