(LIVEBLOG CLOSED) Price prevails in Wigan as he claims first Pro Tour title since 2023

The title goes to Gerwyn Price after a thrilling finale as he wins a first ranking title since the end of 2023.

He defeated Chris Dobey in the final 8-7 and heads onto the Premier League on Thursday full of confidence. Thanks for joining us over the last two days as the latest double header concludes.

The final is set at Players Championship 2 with Chris Dobey set to face off against Gerwyn Price.

Price closed out a 7-5 victory over Ryan Searle sealing the deal with 99.2 average and 63% on the doubles. While Dobey edged out Ross Smith 7-4 averaging just shy of 99.

Semi-Finals

Chris Dobey (98.59) 7 | 4 (89.10) Ross Smith

Gerwyn Price (99.26) 7 | 5 (98.81) Ryan Searle

The semi-final line-up is set at Players Championship 2 with Gerwyn Price the biggest name left in contention.

Price dumped out Luke Littler averaging 102 in a 6-5 narrow win. He faces Ryan Searle who lost his streak of reaching the final of the last two Players Championship 1 tournaments. How about Players Championship 2?

He downed Gian van Veen 6-3. Chris Dobey took care of Florian Hempel and will face Ross Smith who eased past top seed Dave Chisnall.

Quarter-Finals

Ross Smith (96.73) 6 | 2 (75.74) Dave Chisnall

Chris Dobey (94.35) 6 | 5 (93.30) Florian Hempel

Ryan Searle (91.72) 6 | 3 (85.50) Gian van Veen

Gerwyn Price (102.32) 6 | 5 (100.88) Luke Littler

The Quarter-Finals are set at Players Championship 2 with Luke Littler through but only just after seeing off Wessel Nijman.

Littler came from 4-2 down to defeat Nijman 6-4 with a 104. Gian van Veen averaged 102 in defeating Stephen Bunting who averaged 105 himself.

Gerwyn Price is also through as well as Ryan Searle, Chris Dobey, Florian Hempel, Ross Smith and Dave Chisnall.

Last 16

Dave Chisnall (98.27) 6 | 5 (96.00) Nick Kenny

Ross Smith (95.70) 6 | 4 (93.28) Danny Noppert

Florian Hempel (93.29) 6 | 3 (102.79) Krzysztof Ratajski

Chris Dobey (88.41) 6 | 4 (82.43) Kim Huybrechts

Gian van Veen (102.89) 6 | 3 (105.64) Stephen Bunting

Ryan Searle (97.79) 6 | 3 (89.69) Damon Heta

Luke Littler (104.44) 6 | 4 (100.07) Wessel Nijman

Gerwyn Price (98.53) 6 | 4 (100.04) Martin Schindler

The Last 16 is here at Players Championship 2 with most big names still involved. Gerwyn Price prevailed in the all Welsh derby with Jonny Clayton 6-2 with a 101 average.

Also through is Luke Littler after seeing off Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6-2 with a 98 average. Damon Heta, Stephen Bunting, Chris Dobey and Ross Smith are also through.

As is top seed Dave Chisnall. But Peter Wright, Joe Cullen, Mike de Decker and Luke Woodhouse head out in this round.

Last 32

Dave Chisnall (92.57) 6 | 1 (79.73) Haupai Puha

Nick Kenny (92.56) 6 | 2 (82.85) Peter Wright

Danny Noppert (96.99) 6 | 4 (88.32) Joe Cullen

Ross Smith (95.76) 6 | 4 (91.60) William O'Connor

Krzysztof Ratajski (99.98) 6 | 1 (89.12) Nathan Aspinall

Florian Hempel (83.73) 6 | 5 (85.04) Nathan Rafferty

Chris Dobey (103.48) 6 | 1 (95.17) Callan Rydz

Kim Huybrechts (92.88) 6 | 4 (95.82) Darren Beveridge

Stephen Bunting (95.03) 6 | 2 (86.58) Niels Zonneveld

Gian van Veen (105.25) 6 | 2 (94.49) Mike De Decker

Ryan Searle (100.93) 6 | 5 (104.42) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Damon Heta (94.10) 6 | 4 (91.15) Kevin Burness

Luke Littler (98.28) 6 | 2 (94.41) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Wessel Nijman (97.74) 6 | 5 (85.62) Niko Springer

Martin Schindler (97.00) 6 | 2 (92.53) Luke Woodhouse

Gerwyn Price (101.26) 6 | 2 (98.35) Jonny Clayton

Beau Greaves is out in the Last 64 defeated by Krzysztof Ratajski in a narrow defeat in the second round as the Last 32.

The board finals begin now with Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton, Joe Cullen v Danny Noppert, Callan Rydz v Chris Dobey among the top ties.

Luke Littler is currently 2-0 up also on Rusty-Jake Rodriguez as he aims to reach the Last 16.

Last 64

Haupai Puha (89.18) 6 | 3 (84.60) Berry van Peer

Dave Chisnall (93.05) 6 | 1 (85.54) Tommy Lishman

Peter Wright (83.50) 6 | 0 (82.94) Sebastian Bialecki

Nick Kenny (102.48) 6 | 0 (97.14) Raymond van Barneveld

Joe Cullen (101.89) 6 | 5 (94.28) Thibault Tricole

Danny Noppert (98.05) 6 | 1 (90.76) Martijn Dragt

William O'Connor (98.24) 6 | 4 (99.45) Jermaine Wattimena

Ross Smith (92.07) 6 | 5 (88.29) Ryan Meikle

Nathan Aspinall (89.49) 6 | 3 (85.18) Ricardo Pietreczko

Krzysztof Ratajski (98.18) 6 | 2 (91.62) Beau Greaves

Nathan Rafferty (88.49) 6 | 3 (81.89) Ritchie Edhouse

Florian Hempel (95.75) 6 | 1 (79.35) Mickey Mansell

Callan Rydz (100.64) 6 | 5 (96.39) Andrew Gilding

Chris Dobey (102.03) 6 | 1 (87.88) Jose De Sousa

Kim Huybrechts (92.51) 6 | 3 (89.33) Adam Hunt

Darren Beveridge (94.27) 6 | 4 (95.41) Gary Anderson

Niels Zonneveld (81.22) 6 | 2 (85.58) Michele Turetta

Stephen Bunting (95.29) 6 | 5 (92.14) Justin Hood

Mike De Decker (97.78) 6 | 3 (88.93) Tavis Dudeney

Gian van Veen (93.82) 6 | 3 (89.60) Ian White

Dirk van Duijvenbode (102.22) 6 | 5 (95.75) Radek Szaganski

Ryan Searle (102.69) 6 | 4 (94.78) Brendan Dolan

Kevin Burness (86.45) 6 | 2 (78.70) James Wade

Damon Heta (99.63) 6 | 1 (93.56) Scott Williams

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (93.25) 6 | 1 (85.14) Jitse Van der Wal

Luke Littler (96.86) 6 | 5 (90.54) Bradley Brooks

Wessel Nijman (103.29) 6 | 2 (92.21) Wesley Plaisier

Niko Springer (96.78) 6 | 2 (91.12) Daryl Gurney

Luke Woodhouse (94.92) 6 | 5 (86.81) Darius Labanauskas

Martin Schindler (83.77) 6 | 4 (85.31) Karel Sedlacek

Gerwyn Price (92.61) 6 | 2 (87.78) Danny Lauby

Jonny Clayton (100.45) 6 | 3 (92.63) Cam Crabtree

The opening results are through from Round Two with many big names making it through.

Among those are Peter Wright who took down Sebastian Bialecki 6-0. While Luke Littler edged out Bradley Brooks 6-5.

Victory also for Mike de Decker over Tavis Dudeney, while Joe Cullen and Gerwyn Price have also made it through. Andrew Gilding, Ritchie Edhouse, James Wade are all out though. 

The first round is complete in Wigan with the Last 64 incoming shortly.

Last 128

Berry van Peer (87.91) 6 | 4 (88.47) Gabriel Clemens

Haupai Puha (89.86) 6 | 3 (80.44) Christian Kist

Dave Chisnall (95.72) 6 | 5 (91.10) Madars Razma

Tommy Lishman (100.66) 6 | 5 (90.36) Dominik Gruellich

Peter Wright (99.97) 6 | 3 (93.83) Leon Weber

Sebastian Bialecki (87.88) 6 | 5 (89.12) Jim Long

Raymond van Barneveld (88.06) 6 | 5 (87.49) Oskar Lukasiak

Nick Kenny (94.46) 6 | 3 (89.25) Matt Campbell

Joe Cullen (98.05) 6 | 3 (90.61) Rhys Griffin

Thibault Tricole (84.91) 6 | 3 (84.99) Andy Boulton

Danny Noppert (97.16) 6 | 3 (96.78) Mensur Suljovic

Martijn Dragt (100.79) 6 | 3 (88.86) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Jermaine Wattimena (98.63) 6 | 2 (93.38) Maik Kuivenhoven

William O'Connor (92.22) 6 | 3 (89.00) Robert Grundy

Ross Smith (87.34) 6 | 5 (83.63) Brett Claydon

Ryan Meikle (88.14) 6 | 4 (88.01) Stefaan Henderyck

Ricardo Pietreczko (88.72) 6 | 4 (85.39) Andy Baetens

Nathan Aspinall (102.31) 6 | 2 (91.89) Connor Scutt

Beau Greaves (102.77) 6 | 5 (103.29) Josh Rock

Krzysztof Ratajski (95.86) 6 | 1 (84.40) Tom Bissell

Ritchie Edhouse (88.22) 6 | 4 (85.65) Keane Barry

Nathan Rafferty (73.32) 6 | 0 (67.61) Jules van Dongen

Mickey Mansell (94.30) 6 | 1 (90.87) Rob Cross

Florian Hempel (101.33) 6 | 0 (81.62) George Killington

Andrew Gilding (107.91) 6 | 1 (83.29) Jelle Klaasen

Callan Rydz (97.88) 6 | 2 (91.16) Adam Paxton

Chris Dobey (102.49) 6 | 2 (94.08) Chris Landman

Jose De Sousa (86.40) 6 | 1 (83.67) Dom Taylor

Kim Huybrechts (89.86) 6 | 2 (82.19) Michael Smith

Adam Hunt (89.47) 6 | 1 (83.92) Adam Lipscombe

Gary Anderson (97.46) 6 | 5 (92.64) Matthew Dennant

Darren Beveridge (88.22) 6 | 5 (84.37) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Niels Zonneveld (99.70) 6 | 4 (101.06) Viktor Tingstrom

Michele Turetta (94.09) 6 | 2 (86.61) Darryl Pilgrim

Stephen Bunting (87.94) 6 | 5 (88.78) Rob Owen

Justin Hood (94.55) 6 | 4 (95.96) Ricky Evans

Mike De Decker (99.03) 6 | 1 (92.54) Stephen Burton

Tavis Dudeney (86.20) 6 | 5 (89.52) Max Hopp

Gian van Veen (96.04) 6 | 4 (99.27) Greg Ritchie

Ian White (92.43) 6 | 5 (89.82) Stefan Bellmont

Dirk van Duijvenbode (94.68) 6 | 1 (87.03) Marvin van Velzen

Radek Szaganski (86.17) 6 | 3 (88.05) Patrick Geeraets

Ryan Searle (90.15) 6 | 4 (88.67) Alan Soutar

Brendan Dolan (98.84) 6 | 2 (86.65) Mervyn King

James Wade (96.37) 6 | 5 (86.96) Dennie Olde Kalter

Kevin Burness (89.54) 6 | 5 (89.05) Carl Sneyd

Damon Heta (92.87) 6 | 1 (81.93) James Hurrell

Scott Williams (93.19) 6 | 4 (89.23) Richard Veenstra

Jitse Van der Wal (97.73) 6 | 4 (91.29) Ryan Joyce

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (86.93) 6 | 4 (81.97) Tytus Kanik

Luke Littler (102.59) 6 | 4 (94.83) Pero Ljubic

Bradley Brooks (96.31) 6 | 3 (86.34) Cor Dekker

Wessel Nijman (95.61) 6 | 1 (90.79) Steve Lennon

Wesley Plaisier (100.06) 6 | 5 (99.08) Martin Lukeman

Daryl Gurney (94.78) 6 | 5 (93.55) Owen Bates

Niko Springer (88.97) 6 | 4 (88.24) Thomas Lovely

Luke Woodhouse (89.94) 6 | 4 (96.02) Joshua Richardson

Darius Labanauskas (90.98) 6 | 4 (88.26) Lukas Wenig

Martin Schindler (98.74) 6 | 2 (90.76) Kevin Doets

Karel Sedlacek (99.05) 6 | 2 (87.46) Maximilian Czerwinski

Gerwyn Price (105.93) 6 | 2 (90.24) William Borland

Danny Lauby (93.70) 6 | 2 (90.70) Adam Warner

Jonny Clayton (91.54) 6 | 5 (92.91) Dylan Slevin

Cam Crabtree (95.01) 6 | 5 (95.47) Kai Gotthardt

It is a first win on the ProTour for brilliant Beau Greaves who has seen off Josh Rock.

Read about it below as the first round heads towards its conclusion.

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