Heta heads into World Cup of Darts defence with seventh PDC title win and first of 2023 at Players Championship 14

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Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at 19:18
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After overcoming the hurdle of reaching a final after seven missed attempts, Damon Heta has claimed the title at Players Championship 14 defeating first time finalist, Luke Woodhouse in the final in Hildesheim.

It is a seventh PDC title for the perennial Aussie winner who will look to win again with Simon Whitlock defending his World Cup of Darts crown starting on Thursday.

Heta sealed it 8-2 and while neither player produced their best, it is a big confidence boost going into the rest of the week.

Heta took an early 2-0 lead with a break of throw setting up double eight from 144 and finally pinning double two. He continued to pile the pressure on and had a chance to break again for 4-0 but spurned it and Woodhouse made it 3-1.

But it was 4-1 in the end to Heta who went halfway to the finish. Just as it looked like Heta was running away, Woodhouse hit 180 and 76. But Heta regained composure and surged one away to 7-2 and claimed it from there. After missing 120, he returned for another two match darts hitting double 20.

Players Championship 14 Results

Last 16

Luke Woodhouse (101.24) 6 | 3 (102.33) Jose De Sousa

Danny Noppert (89.59) 6 | 3 (94.28) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Mensur Suljovic (85.46) 6 | 4 (89.94) Ross Smith

Andrew Gilding (95.73) 6 | 2 (81.27) Richard Veenstra

Mario Vandenbogaerde (92.68) 6 | 1 (78.33) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Christian Kist (94.25) 6 | 3 (90.71) Niels Zonneveld

Damon Heta (89.77) 6 | 4 (80.00) Bradley Brooks

Mickey Mansell (96.52) 6 | 3 (87.07) Stephen Burton

Quarter-Finals

Luke Woodhouse (86.45) 6 | 4 (89.65) Danny Noppert

Mensur Suljovic (103.93) 6 | 4 (87.97) Andrew Gilding

Mario Vandenbogaerde (82.27) 2 | 6 (86.33) Christian Kist

Damon Heta (100.20) 6 | 0 (77.75) Mickey Mansell

Semi-Finals

Luke Woodhouse (82.55) 7 | 2 (78.45) Mensur Suljovic

Damon Heta (92.50) 7 | 4 (94.58) Christian Kist

Final

Luke Woodhouse (77.09) 2 | 8 (89.83) Damon Heta

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