Josh Rock has taken the title at Players Championship 10 in Leicester this Tuesday afternoon. 'Rocky' emerged victorious over Cameron Menzies in the final, 8-4.
En route to the final, the always entertaining Menzies has put in impressive performances in wins over the likes of Alan Soutar (6-5), Gabriel Clemens (6-5), Raymond van Barneveld (6-4) and then Michael Smith (7-5) in the semi-finals. Rock meanwhile, had to get past players such as Dom Taylor (6-2), Ricardo Pietreczko (6-1), Martin Schindler (6-1) and Scott Williams (7-5), notably hitting an incredible average of 110.34 against Schindler.
In the final, the first six legs all went with the throw. With the scores locked at 3-3 though, Rock pounced, taking the first break of the contest and nudging ahead at 4-3. After Menzies then missed multiple darts to break straight back, Rock eventually punished to make it 5-3 and move closer to another Pro Tour title. Moments later, a massive 138 checkout gave Rock clear daylight at 6-3. Menzies wasn't done yet though, and got back to 4-6 with a 170 checkout. The proven a final spurt from the Scot though as Rock eventually prevailed 8-
# Final
Josh Rock (95.56) 8 | 4 (92.90) Cameron Menzies
# Semi-Finals
Cameron Menzies (92.13) 7 | 5 (91.71) Michael Smith
Josh Rock (98.16) 7 | 5 (94.59) Scott Williams
# Quarter-Finals
Cameron Menzies (93.14) 6 | 4 (89.86) Raymond van Barneveld
Michael Smith (100.76) 6 | 1 (97.28) Stephen Bunting
Scott Williams (86.90) 6 | 4 (92.98) Luke Littler
Josh Rock (110.34) 6 | 1 (91.82) Martin Schindler
# Top 16
Cameron Menzies (94.39) 6 | 3 (87.02) Kevin Doets
Raymond van Barneveld (93.51) 6 | 1 (83.56) Kevin Burness
Stephen Bunting (111.72) 6 | 3 (99.63) Mike De Decker
Michael Smith (96.02) 6 | 4 (96.72) Connor Scutt
Luke Littler (97.82) 6 | 2 (89.56) Justin Hood
Scott Williams (87.16) 6 | 5 (90.97) Matthew Dennant
Martin Schindler (108.25) 6 | 5 (101.38) Gary Anderson
Josh Rock (98.69) 6 | 1 (92.68) Ricardo Pietreczko
# Top 32
Kevin Doets (84.43) 6 | 4 (83.65) Berry van Peer
Cameron Menzies (97.44) 6 | 5 (92.39) Gabriel Clemens
Kevin Burness (85.72) 6 | 5 (85.26) Brendan Dolan
Raymond van Barneveld (104.61) 6 | 2 (107.69) Damon Heta
Stephen Bunting (103.09) 6 | 2 (91.37) Callan Rydz
Mike De Decker (98.93) 6 | 3 (93.33) Ritchie Edhouse
Connor Scutt (102.81) 6 | 2 (105.65) Chris Dobey
Michael Smith (100.08) 6 | 2 (89.36) Cam Crabtree
Luke Littler (94.36) 6 | 4 (87.96) Jim Williams
Justin Hood (106.49) 6 | 3 (101.62) William O'Connor
Scott Williams (94.49) 6 | 5 (94.09) Chris Landman
Matthew Dennant (93.05) 6 | 5 (91.37) Danny Noppert
Martin Schindler (103.69) 6 | 3 (95.52) Andy Boulton
Gary Anderson (111.84) 6 | 1 (93.88) James Wade
Josh Rock (96.36) 6 | 4 (92.83) Stefan Bellmont
Ricardo Pietreczko (91.91) 6 | 4 (90.19) Steve Lennon
# Top 64
Kevin Doets (97.21) 6 | 1 (78.51) Tavis Dudeney
Berry van Peer (90.12) 6 | 3 (83.31) Max Hopp
Gabriel Clemens (106.48) 6 | 1 (92.34) Rob Owen
Cameron Menzies (98.54) 6 | 4 (95.52) Darren Beveridge
Kevin Burness (94.85) 6 | 2 (90.91) Ryan Meikle
Brendan Dolan (93.20) 6 | 4 (93.72) Gian van Veen
Raymond van Barneveld (96.97) 6 | 0 (90.55) Adam Hunt
Damon Heta (98.02) 6 | 0 (94.07) Nick Kenny
Callan Rydz (106.13) 6 | 2 (102.73) Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting (102.00) 6 | 3 (84.34) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Ritchie Edhouse (99.80) 6 | 3 (101.68) Niels Zonneveld
Mike De Decker (101.85) 6 | 1 (89.00) Patrick Geeraets
Connor Scutt (105.85) 6 | 4 (99.88) Jermaine Wattimena
Chris Dobey (93.67) 6 | 1 (83.68) Cor Dekker
Michael Smith (99.27) 6 | 3 (94.10) Darius Labanauskas
Cam Crabtree (95.75) 6 | 5 (93.97) Dylan Slevin
Jim Williams (93.92) 6 | 4 (91.06) Madars Razma
Luke Littler (94.73) 6 | 3 (94.34) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Justin Hood (99.50) 6 | 3 (92.64) Daryl Gurney
William O'Connor (88.11) 6 | 4 (93.97) Rob Cross
Chris Landman (99.05) 6 | 2 (87.98) Peter Wright
Scott Williams (89.59) 6 | 3 (91.74) James Hurrell
Matthew Dennant (96.08) 6 | 1 (80.23) Oskar Lukasiak
Danny Noppert (99.06) 6 | 5 (87.25) Haupai Puha
Andy Boulton (91.85) 6 | 4 (89.12) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Martin Schindler (100.88) 6 | 3 (96.93) Matt Campbell
James Wade (97.50) 6 | 2 (91.07) Martin Lukeman
Gary Anderson (99.59) 6 | 4 (100.23) Mensur Suljovic
Stefan Bellmont (91.41) 6 | 5 (93.42) Stephen Burton
Josh Rock (100.82) 6 | 2 (90.84) Dom Taylor
Steve Lennon (102.15) 6 | 3 (95.70) Joe Cullen
Ricardo Pietreczko (98.85) 6 | 5 (89.81) Scott Campbell
# Top 128
Kevin Doets (80.56) 6 | 1 (81.88) Viktor Tingstrom
Tavis Dudeney (84.09) 6 | 4 (88.86) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Max Hopp (99.87) 6 | 2 (90.94) Dave Chisnall
Berry van Peer (76.23) 6 | 3 (72.78) Dominik Gruellich
Gabriel Clemens (96.57) 6 | 1 (87.68) Wessel Nijman
Rob Owen (94.14) 6 | 4 (93.83) Andy Baetens
Cameron Menzies (86.31) 6 | 5 (84.76) Alan Soutar
Darren Beveridge (90.43) 6 | 5 (86.39) Danny Lauby
Kevin Burness (90.86) 6 | 4 (96.08) Luke Woodhouse
Ryan Meikle (92.48) 6 | 2 (83.52) Marvin van Velzen
Gian van Veen (103.71) 6 | 3 (97.63) Ted Evetts
Brendan Dolan (95.15) 6 | 2 (85.82) Ricky Evans
Raymond van Barneveld (98.53) 6 | 1 (98.31) Kim Huybrechts
Adam Hunt (94.06) 6 | 1 (88.46) Thibault Tricole
Damon Heta (106.55) 6 | 2 (93.85) Joshua Richardson
Nick Kenny (91.83) 6 | 3 (85.62) Jitse Van der Wal
Bradley Brooks (104.98) 6 | 3 (96.66) Ryan Joyce
Callan Rydz (99.56) 6 | 2 (88.36) Dennie Olde Kalter
Stephen Bunting (102.48) 6 | 0 (91.07) Richard Veenstra
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (103.57) 6 | 1 (94.21) Karel Sedlacek
Ritchie Edhouse (95.24) 6 | 3 (80.50) Brett Claydon
Niels Zonneveld (98.47) 6 | 4 (91.08) Jelle Klaasen
Mike De Decker (94.25) 6 | 3 (88.89) Rhys Griffin
Patrick Geeraets (95.30) 6 | 4 (95.33) Wesley Plaisier
Jermaine Wattimena (100.32) 6 | 2 (96.83) Leon Weber
Connor Scutt (100.35) 6 | 5 (93.32) Benjamin Reus
Chris Dobey (101.58) 6 | 4 (94.66) Lukas Wenig
Cor Dekker (85.64) 6 | 5 (86.36) Jeffrey De Graaf
Michael Smith (93.13) 6 | 4 (87.93) Michele Turetta
Darius Labanauskas (89.59) 6 | 2 (94.70) Krzysztof Ratajski
Dylan Slevin (91.00) 6 | 4 (87.70) Gerwyn Price
Cam Crabtree (92.97) 6 | 0 (79.71) Robert Grundy
Madars Razma (97.74) 6 | 2 (93.16) Florian Hempel
Jim Williams (97.15) 6 | 2 (96.70) Niko Springer
Luke Littler (87.20) 6 | 3 (84.10) Adam Lipscombe
Dimitri Van den Bergh (92.02) 6 | 0 (81.34) Jose De Sousa
Daryl Gurney (91.91) 6 | 4 (89.62) Christian Kist
Justin Hood (86.11) 6 | 4 (87.88) Owen Bates
Rob Cross (90.59) 6 | 1 (83.48) Adam Paxton
William O'Connor (98.39) 6 | 4 (101.65) Ian White
Peter Wright (102.48) 6 | 0 (91.93) Jim Long
Chris Landman (92.58) 6 | 2 (83.15) Martijn Dragt
Scott Williams (95.34) 6 | 5 (99.08) Ross Smith
James Hurrell (93.62) 6 | 4 (92.42) Greg Ritchie
Oskar Lukasiak (87.98) 6 | 2 (87.82) Andrew Gilding
Matthew Dennant (97.16) 6 | 3 (86.17) Radek Szaganski
Danny Noppert (101.51) 6 | 1 (105.39) Maximilian Czerwinski
Haupai Puha (79.86) 6 | 4 (78.37) Tytus Kanik
Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.94) 6 | 5 (94.33) Thomas Lovely
Andy Boulton (93.08) 6 | 4 (89.98) Maik Kuivenhoven
Martin Schindler (100.53) 6 | 3 (91.69) Stefaan Henderyck
Matt Campbell (95.25) 6 | 2 (89.18) Carl Sneyd
James Wade (93.54) 6 | 3 (83.67) Keane Barry
Martin Lukeman (100.02) 6 | 5 (98.45) Mickey Mansell
Gary Anderson (84.46) 6 | 1 (70.65) George Killington
Mensur Suljovic (91.25) 6 | 2 (77.62) Pero Ljubic
Stefan Bellmont (90.86) 6 | 4 (93.31) Nathan Aspinall
Stephen Burton (90.91) 6 | 4 (92.79) Adam Warner
Josh Rock (94.88) 6 | 3 (91.97) Nathan Rafferty
Dom Taylor (86.61) 6 | 3 (80.24) Tom Bissell
Joe Cullen (102.06) 6 | 4 (93.69) Darryl Pilgrim
Steve Lennon (91.49) 6 | 4 (93.24) Sebastian Bialecki
Ricardo Pietreczko (91.85) 6 | 4 (90.88) Jonny Clayton
Scott Campbell (83.68) 6 | 3 (81.60) Adam Mould