New darts leads to maiden title for Bradley Brooks with incredible Players Championship 21 Final win over Gerwyn Price
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Bradley Brooks is the champion at Players Championship 21 with the former World Youth Champion sealing an 8-5 win with a 96 average to seal his maiden PDC senior title.
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Brooks has been duly noted as having new darts and has come of age in epic style averaging over 117 yesterday and he has continued that incredible form onto today.
Price missed darts to stay in the contest but in the end Brooks despite averaging less at the end could not be denied as 'The Iceman' could not seal yet another title. He heads into the Baltic Sea Darts Open. Brooks after finding his way back onto the PDC Tour can dream again. An incredible two days capped off with a title.
Brooks in the latter stages saw off James Hurrell, Josh Rock, James Wade, Greg Ritchie among others to seal the title. While he has plenty on the secondary tours, it is a first on the main tour for the Blackburn ace.
Early on in the tie, Price was broken with Brooks hitting double 20 to make it 2-1. Brooks made it 3-1 from there holding throw.
Price hit double 10 to make it 3-2. Brooks left 70 on his throw and hit bull for 4-2.
Brooks missed the bull for 84 to make it 5-2 to break again. Price hit 78 to make it 4-3.
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Price missed darts to break and Brooks made it 5-3. Price hit 84 to make it 5-4. Brooks hit 180 and finally pinned 66 sealing it 6-4.
Brooks missed 81 for 7-4 and Price made it 6-5. But Brooks pinned 79 to go one away. Price missed two darts to stay in it and Brooks had a date with destiny and sealed the title in superb fashion. A superb run ends for Brooks.
| Player 1 | Average | Score | VS | Score | Average | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals | ||||||
| Bradley Brooks | (96.46) | 8 | VS | 5 | (100.73) | Gerwyn Price |
| Semi-Finals | ||||||
| Bradley Brooks | (95.47) | 7 | VS | 6 | (92.62) | James Hurrell |
| Gerwyn Price | (99.18) | 7 | VS | 4 | (90.70) | Andrew Gilding |
| Quarter-Finals | ||||||
| James Hurrell | (85.24) | 6 | VS | 4 | (89.62) | Kevin Doets |
| Bradley Brooks | (94.46) | 6 | VS | 1 | (96.06) | Josh Rock |
| Andrew Gilding | (87.26) | 6 | VS | 5 | (91.05) | Wesley Plaisier |
| Gerwyn Price | (99.26) | 6 | VS | 2 | (95.24) | Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Top 16 | ||||||
| Kevin Doets | (92.63) | 6 | VS | 3 | (93.64) | Jermaine Wattimena |
| James Hurrell | (92.39) | 6 | VS | 5 | (91.75) | Cameron Menzies |
| Bradley Brooks | (99.20) | 6 | VS | 5 | (97.37) | James Wade |
| Josh Rock | (96.93) | 6 | VS | 3 | (90.22) | Ryan Meikle |
| Andrew Gilding | (104.79) | 6 | VS | 2 | (95.24) | Damon Heta |
| Wesley Plaisier | (93.80) | 6 | VS | 5 | (94.61) | Jonny Clayton |
| Gerwyn Price | (95.75) | 6 | VS | 1 | (83.02) | Dave Chisnall |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | (92.05) | 6 | VS | 4 | (88.64) | Jamai van den Herik |
| Top 32 | ||||||
| Kevin Doets | (93.68) | 6 | VS | 3 | (91.34) | Max Hopp |
| Jermaine Wattimena | (98.68) | 6 | VS | 5 | (97.57) | Danny Noppert |
| James Hurrell | (96.75) | 6 | VS | 2 | (95.08) | Greg Ritchie |
| Cameron Menzies | (87.48) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.00) | Ryan Joyce |
| Bradley Brooks | (101.63) | 6 | VS | 5 | (97.73) | Brendan Dolan |
| James Wade | (100.96) | 6 | VS | 2 | (89.50) | Leon Weber |
| Josh Rock | (105.15) | 6 | VS | 3 | (97.30) | Cam Crabtree |
| Ryan Meikle | (85.43) | 6 | VS | 5 | (88.39) | Ricky Evans |
| Damon Heta | (95.03) | 6 | VS | 4 | (96.15) | Andy Baetens |
| Andrew Gilding | (100.69) | 6 | VS | 4 | (87.72) | Dom Taylor |
| Jonny Clayton | (102.48) | 6 | VS | 0 | (82.21) | Thibault Tricole |
| Wesley Plaisier | (94.24) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.96) | Berry van Peer |
| Dave Chisnall | (94.95) | 6 | VS | 4 | (87.47) | Martin Lukeman |
| Gerwyn Price | (96.17) | 6 | VS | 1 | (83.76) | Daryl Gurney |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | (93.33) | 6 | VS | 1 | (92.08) | Ross Smith |
| Jamai van den Herik | (87.17) | 6 | VS | 5 | (84.72) | Joe Cullen |
| Top 64 | ||||||
| Max Hopp | (93.78) | 6 | VS | 2 | (87.66) | Martin Schindler |
| Kevin Doets | (102.48) | 6 | VS | 0 | (85.61) | Robert Grundy |
| Danny Noppert | (97.29) | 6 | VS | 5 | (85.51) | Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Jermaine Wattimena | (91.07) | 6 | VS | 1 | (81.06) | George Killington |
| James Hurrell | (88.85) | 6 | VS | 5 | (95.28) | Gian van Veen |
| Greg Ritchie | (87.25) | 6 | VS | 5 | (88.72) | Rob Cross |
| Cameron Menzies | (83.42) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.32) | Patrick Geeraets |
| Ryan Joyce | (97.34) | 6 | VS | 2 | (87.72) | Adam Warner |
| Bradley Brooks | (108.03) | 6 | VS | 3 | (102.29) | Chris Dobey |
| Brendan Dolan | (94.04) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.73) | Niels Zonneveld |
| James Wade | (88.65) | 6 | VS | 1 | (83.29) | Madars Razma |
| Leon Weber | (93.12) | 6 | VS | 2 | (88.94) | Niko Springer |
| Josh Rock | (96.20) | 6 | VS | 3 | (88.75) | Tom Bissell |
| Cam Crabtree | (89.83) | 6 | VS | 3 | (88.01) | Stephen Burton |
| Ryan Meikle | (89.39) | 6 | VS | 5 | (91.22) | Gabriel Clemens |
| Ricky Evans | (96.45) | 6 | VS | 3 | (93.74) | Owen Bates |
| Damon Heta | (99.10) | 6 | VS | 0 | (89.59) | Henry Coates |
| Andy Baetens | (92.68) | 6 | VS | 1 | (81.05) | Connor Scutt |
| Dom Taylor | (86.33) | 6 | VS | 4 | (90.24) | Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Andrew Gilding | (91.42) | 6 | VS | 3 | (95.16) | Kim Huybrechts |
| Jonny Clayton | (108.75) | 6 | VS | 2 | (100.12) | Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Thibault Tricole | (86.42) | 6 | VS | 5 | (86.42) | Karel Sedlacek |
| Wesley Plaisier | (98.56) | 6 | VS | 5 | (102.82) | Wessel Nijman |
| Berry van Peer | (100.03) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.93) | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dave Chisnall | (92.97) | 6 | VS | 0 | (80.48) | Pero Ljubic |
| Martin Lukeman | (87.55) | 6 | VS | 3 | (84.96) | Scott Williams |
| Gerwyn Price | (89.84) | 6 | VS | 2 | (84.57) | Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Daryl Gurney | (98.10) | 6 | VS | 4 | (95.38) | Jose De Sousa |
| Ross Smith | (96.81) | 6 | VS | 3 | (85.36) | Michele Turetta |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | (95.94) | 6 | VS | 0 | (69.23) | Martijn Dragt |
| Jamai van den Herik | (89.96) | 6 | VS | 4 | (89.79) | Mike De Decker |
| Joe Cullen | (88.10) | 6 | VS | 2 | (86.05) | Steve Lennon |
| Top 128 | ||||||
| Martin Schindler | (99.10) | 6 | VS | 0 | (74.83) | Joshua Richardson |
| Max Hopp | (101.33) | 6 | VS | 0 | (77.68) | Marvin van Velzen |
| Kevin Doets | (91.93) | 6 | VS | 3 | (86.12) | Haupai Puha |
| Robert Grundy | (87.84) | 6 | VS | 5 | (87.00) | Sebastian Bialecki |
| Danny Noppert | (90.32) | 6 | VS | 4 | (86.79) | Adam Paxton |
| Maximilian Czerwinski | (91.12) | 6 | VS | 5 | (89.93) | Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Jermaine Wattimena | (86.93) | 6 | VS | 5 | (88.16) | Thomas Lovely |
| George Killington | (92.88) | 6 | VS | 2 | (85.44) | Stefan Bellmont |
| Gian van Veen | (100.70) | 6 | VS | 1 | (87.29) | Jeffrey De Graaf |
| James Hurrell | (86.29) | 6 | VS | 2 | (78.38) | Rob Owen |
| Rob Cross | (92.19) | 6 | VS | 2 | (75.75) | Tytus Kanik |
| Greg Ritchie | (88.74) | 6 | VS | 3 | (85.73) | Richard Veenstra |
| Cameron Menzies | (89.14) | 6 | VS | 2 | (87.54) | Nick Kenny |
| Patrick Geeraets | (90.97) | 6 | VS | 5 | (85.31) | Martin Grearson |
| Ryan Joyce | (84.76) | 6 | VS | 1 | (80.15) | Radek Szaganski |
| Adam Warner | (86.30) | 6 | VS | 3 | (85.59) | Ian White |
| Chris Dobey | (101.63) | 6 | VS | 2 | (92.39) | Mickey Mansell |
| Bradley Brooks | (108.72) | 6 | VS | 2 | (90.14) | William Borland |
| Niels Zonneveld | (99.18) | 6 | VS | 1 | (87.58) | Darren Beveridge |
| Brendan Dolan | (92.04) | 6 | VS | 3 | (92.40) | Callan Rydz |
| James Wade | (85.69) | 6 | VS | 3 | (85.15) | Nathan Rafferty |
| Madars Razma | (92.02) | 6 | VS | 0 | (82.83) | Oskar Lukasiak |
| Niko Springer | (89.33) | 6 | VS | 5 | (90.77) | Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Leon Weber | (82.32) | 6 | VS | 5 | (83.18) | Alan Soutar |
| Josh Rock | (101.33) | 6 | VS | 0 | (90.25) | Carl Sneyd |
| Tom Bissell | (90.82) | 6 | VS | 4 | (82.09) | Darius Labanauskas |
| Cam Crabtree | (92.90) | 6 | VS | 2 | (78.86) | Ritchie Edhouse |
| Stephen Burton | (93.46) | 6 | VS | 4 | (85.40) | Benjamin Reus |
| Ryan Meikle | (89.21) | 6 | VS | 5 | (94.29) | Gary Anderson |
| Gabriel Clemens | (89.82) | 6 | VS | 2 | (88.15) | Kevin Burness |
| Ricky Evans | (98.08) | 6 | VS | 2 | (87.27) | Luke Woodhouse |
| Owen Bates | (96.53) | 6 | VS | 3 | (94.09) | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| Damon Heta | (95.71) | 6 | VS | 3 | (90.11) | Darryl Pilgrim |
| Henry Coates | (85.19) | 6 | VS | 4 | (85.97) | Jim Long |
| Connor Scutt | (89.02) | 6 | VS | 4 | (89.24) | William O'Connor |
| Andy Baetens | (91.55) | 6 | VS | 4 | (89.43) | Kai Gotthardt |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | (98.27) | 6 | VS | 4 | (86.57) | Jim Williams |
| Dom Taylor | (92.19) | 6 | VS | 2 | (87.95) | Brett Claydon |
| Andrew Gilding | (90.85) | 6 | VS | 5 | (85.41) | Graham Hall |
| Kim Huybrechts | (92.32) | 6 | VS | 5 | (94.96) | Mervyn King |
| Jonny Clayton | (97.68) | 6 | VS | 4 | (90.17) | Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | (99.57) | 6 | VS | 3 | (91.30) | Jack Tweddell |
| Thibault Tricole | (88.95) | 6 | VS | 4 | (86.92) | Michael Smith |
| Karel Sedlacek | (91.37) | 6 | VS | 5 | (86.64) | Jelle Klaasen |
| Wessel Nijman | (103.68) | 6 | VS | 5 | (97.78) | Matthew Dennant |
| Wesley Plaisier | (100.97) | 6 | VS | 2 | (93.08) | Christian Kist |
| Raymond van Barneveld | (93.50) | 6 | VS | 2 | (85.36) | Chris Landman |
| Berry van Peer | (83.74) | 6 | VS | 4 | (80.84) | Jitse Van der Wal |
| Dave Chisnall | (87.66) | 6 | VS | 2 | (84.36) | Dominik Gruellich |
| Pero Ljubic | (87.55) | 6 | VS | 3 | (83.44) | Ted Evetts |
| Martin Lukeman | (90.04) | 6 | VS | 3 | (78.99) | Keane Barry |
| Scott Williams | (97.86) | 6 | VS | 5 | (90.53) | Justin Hood |
| Gerwyn Price | (89.89) | 6 | VS | 3 | (83.89) | Colin Osborne |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | (83.51) | 6 | VS | 5 | (86.75) | Stefaan Henderyck |
| Daryl Gurney | (100.13) | 6 | VS | 1 | (92.94) | Danny Lauby |
| Jose De Sousa | (91.40) | 6 | VS | 5 | (88.83) | Adam Lipscombe |
| Ross Smith | (96.38) | 6 | VS | 5 | (85.17) | Scott Waites |
| Michele Turetta | (75.02) | 6 | VS | 2 | (78.53) | Rhys Griffin |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | (92.56) | 6 | VS | 3 | (89.09) | Tavis Dudeney |
| Martijn Dragt | (102.24) | 6 | VS | 3 | (100.37) | Lukas Wenig |
| Mike De Decker | (98.53) | 6 | VS | 2 | (89.84) | Andy Boulton |
| Jamai van den Herik | (80.57) | 6 | VS | 4 | (82.78) | Viktor Tingstrom |
| Joe Cullen | (90.71) | 6 | VS | 2 | (85.65) | Dylan Slevin |
| Steve Lennon | (92.53) | 6 | VS | 4 | (85.53) | Adam Hunt |
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