Heta reels off six straight legs in superb comeback win to seal Players Championship 26 title against Van Duijvenbode

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Friday, 21 October 2022 at 18:33
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It is a second title in the last three tournaments for Damon Heta as 'The Heat' produced a superb comeback win to down Dirk van Duijvenbode and claim Players Championship 26 in Barnsley on Friday evening.
Heta came from 4-2 down reeling off six straight legs to add to his recent Gibraltar Darts Trophy triumph as well as seal his second ProTour title of the season with an 8-4 win alongside a 103.5 average.
After being broken, Heta missed a dart to break back from 110 and Van Duijvenbode sealed a 2-0 lead. ‘The Titan’ missed droves of darts to break again before Heta finally got on the board on double five at 2-1 down.
A 180 and double 18 saw Van Duijvenbode make it 3-1 and hold again. Heta held on double 18 himself for 3-2.
Once again though, Van Duijvenbode kept him at arms length hitting 137 and then double eight for 4-2. But Heta finally broke at 4-4 and was throwing to lead for the first time which he sealed.
An 11-darter saw another break for ‘The Heat’ at 6-4. A superb 93 checkout for back-to-back 11-dart legs saw Heta go one away at 7-4. He pinned double seven for an 85 checkout and the title.
Players Championship 26
Last 16
Damian Mol (93.63) 6 | 3 (99.49) Gary Anderson
Dirk van Duijvenbode (102.05) 6 | 2 (93.05) Danny Noppert
Alan Soutar (97.03) 6 | 4 (99.52) Kevin Doets
Boris Krcmar (92.22) 6 | 5 (90.49) Jeff Smith
Damon Heta (87.97) 6 | 1 (88.39) John Michael
Matt Campbell (104.57) 6 | 5 (108.74) Josh Rock
Michael Smith (89.40) 6 | 4 (87.98) Berry van Peer
Gerwyn Price (98.39) 6 | 2 (90.95) Cameron Menzies
Quarter-Finals
Damian Mol (96.04) 4 | 6 (94.73) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Alan Soutar (88.85) 1 | 6 (105.03) Boris Krcmar
Damon Heta (104.73) 6 | 3 (98.18) Matt Campbell
Michael Smith (85.68) 2 | 6 (94.00) Gerwyn Price
Semi-Finals
Dirk van Duijvenbode (94.73) 7 | 2 (86.22) Boris Krcmar
Damon Heta (103.13) 7 | 3 (101.64) Gerwyn Price
Final
Dirk van Duijvenbode (90.69) 4 | 8 (103.53) Damon Heta

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