𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘 🏆 Luke Humphries secures his first Players Championship title of 2023 with a dramatic 8-7 victory over Dave Chisnall in the final, having led 7-3 and missed seven match darts as Chizzy forced a decider! #PC15
Humphries seals back-to-back ranking titles, staves off Chisnall comeback in Players Championship 15 Final
PDCMonday, 10 July 2023 at 19:39
Luke Humphries has sealed back-to-back PDC ranking titles winning Players Championship 15 in Leicester with an 8-7 win over Dave Chisnall in the final.
Humphries missed seven match darts and led 7-3 initially and this allowed Chisnall to come back and force a decider, but after so many near misses in finals, he has put another run together. This time on the ProTour, it is a seventh title for 'Cool Hand Luke'.
After Humphries struggled to hold, Chisnall picked his pocket with a 110 checkout to make it 1-0 and break throw.
A 78 checkout saw him double up but the same checkout saw Humphries level up at 2-2. He pinned double eight to lead 3-2.
Two double 19’s for a 94 checkout saw Humphries break and go 4-2 up. Humphries went 5-2 from there and three away.
Humphries continued to close in at 6-3. He pinned a 116 checkout to break after a 180 to go one away and was throwing for the match.
A 167 on the bull for the title was missed by Humphries but he returned only to miss the big number and Chisnall broke back at 7-4 down. He pinned double 20 to make it 7-5.
Humphries missed 115 on the wire for the win again, four match darts gone and Chisnall broke again on double 10.
'Cool Hand Luke' began with a 180 and missed 128 on the bull. Chisnall didn't get a shot at 142 but Humphries missed two more for the match taking it to seven.
Chisnall took it all the way with an 80 checkout. Humphries had three clean at double eight again for the title.
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Players Championship 15
Last 16
Dave Chisnall (103.66) 6 | 0 (86.14) Owen Bates
Joe Cullen (94.51) 6 | 1 (82.96) Dylan Slevin
Berry van Peer (97.47) 6 | 2 (93.59) Ian White
Ryan Searle (91.34) 6 | 3 (92.46) Kevin Doets
Luke Humphries (93.87) 6 | 1 (91.23) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Jonny Clayton (96.08) 6 | 1 (82.67) Chris Dobey
Radek Szaganski (95.47) 6 | 5 (96.13) Damon Heta
Brendan Dolan (92.95) 6 | 5 (91.39) Josh Rock
Quarter-Finals
Dave Chisnall (97.88) 6 | 5 (103.25) Joe Cullen
Ryan Searle (95.89) 6 | 3 (97.68) Berry van Peer
Luke Humphries (105.64) 6 | 3 (100.03) Jonny Clayton
Brendan Dolan (90.00) 6 | 2 (83.65) Radek Szaganski
Semi-Finals
Dave Chisnall 7 | 3 Ryan Searle
Luke Humphries 7 | 2 Brendan Dolan
Final
Dave Chisnall 7 | 8 Luke Humphries
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