MENZIES TAKES THE TITLE! 🏆 Cameron Menzies wins his first PDC ranking title! 🙌 The Scot defeats Stephen Bunting 8-4 in the #PC29 final! 👏
Cameron Menzies was the best yesterday at the penultimate Players Championship of the year. 'Cammy' defeated Stephen Bunting 8-4 in the final to become the PDC's first ranking winner.
Menzies had lost the final at Players Championship 19 earlier this year, but at Players Championship 29, the 35-year-old Scot took the win. Moreover, Menzies did not steal the victory, beating no less than six former winners of TV tournaments on his way to the title.
“I’ve won a ProTour, and nobody can ever take that away from me,” reflected an emotional Menzies. I wanted to win this title so much; I’m absolutely buzzing. This means so much to me."
“At one stage I never thought I was good enough to win a ProTour, but I believe right now I’m playing the best darts of my life.
“I’m playing against the best players in the world here, and I feel when I’m on my game, I can match them, and I never thought I’d be able to do that.
Steps
Menzies does not want to rest on his laurels and is already dreaming of more success. "Hopefully this is a stepping stone to winning a major [title], like Ritchie [Edhouse] and Mike De Decker have done recently."
Finale
Cameron Menzies 8 | 4 Stephen Bunting
Semi-final
Cameron Menzies (99.12) 7 | 1 (92.87) Danny Noppert
Stephen Bunting (92.25) 7 | 2 (88.45) Chris Landman
Quarterfinals
Danny Noppert (91.72) 6 | 5 (95.27) Michael Smith
Cameron Menzies (95.85) 6 | 2 (93.62) James Wade
Stephen Bunting (94.90) 6 | 5 (96.11) Damon Heta
Chris Landman (87.55) 6 | 4 (86.20) Mensur Suljovic
MENZIES TAKES THE TITLE! 🏆 Cameron Menzies wins his first PDC ranking title! 🙌 The Scot defeats Stephen Bunting 8-4 in the #PC29 final! 👏