GOOD EVANS! What a moment for Ricky Evans! He moves through to the Players Championship 16 final courtesy of a 7-4 victory against world number one Luke Humphries! 📺 bit.ly/PDCTVLive #PC16
Mike de Decker and Ricky Evans have advanced to the final of the 16th Players Championship tournament of the season. They will determine later Thursday night who will win a PDC title for the first time in his career.
De Decker dealt with Karel Sedlacek in his semifinal. The Czech took a 4-2 lead midway through the match, but with two 13-darters, 'The Real Deal' came back to 4-4.
Sedlacek then regained the lead with a 16-darter, but De Decker quickly tied the score with a 10-darter. With a 17-darter and a 16-darter the Belgian then took the win.
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Evans achieved a sensational result by eliminating reigning world champion Luke Humphries. 'Rapid Ricky' was down 2-1 after three legs, but then picked up four legs in a row via three 17-darters and a 14-darter.
Humphries then brought the deficit back to 6-4 via a 15-darter and a 13-darter. In the 11th leg, "Cool Hand Luke" had four chances to close to 6-5, but failed on the doubles. Evans then took advantage of his matchdart on tops for a spot in the final.
A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.
Last 32
Mike De Decker 6 | 2 Dave Chisnall
Danny van Trijp 6 | 5 Pascal Rupprecht
Brendan Dolan 6 | 3 Damon Heta
Stephen Bunting 6 | 1 Ritchie Edhouse
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Andy Boulton
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 2 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Adam Warner
Ryan Joyce 6 | 3 Thibault Tricole
Luke Humphries 6 | 1 Kevin Doets
Kim Huybrechts 6 | 5 Jonny Clayton
Josh Rock 6 | 2 Florian Hempel
Cameron Menzies 6 | 5 Luke Littler
Ross Smith 6 | 4 Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 William O'Connor
Connor Scutt 6 | 4 James Wade
Wesley Plaisier 6 | 1 Christian Kist
Last 16
Mike De Decker 6 | 4 Danny van Trijp
Brendan Dolan 6 | 4 Stephen Bunting
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Ryan Joyce
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Kim Huybrechts
Cameron Menzies 6 | 3 Josh Rock
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Ross Smith
Connor Scutt 6 | 4 Wesley Plaisier
Quarterfinals
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Gabriel Clemens
Luke Humphries 6 | 3 Cameron Menzies
Ricky Evans 6 | 5 Connor Scutt
Semi-final
Mike De Decker 7 | 5 Karel Sedlacek
Ricky Evans 7 | 4 Luke Humphries
Finale
Mike De Decker - | - Ricky Evans
GOOD EVANS! What a moment for Ricky Evans! He moves through to the Players Championship 16 final courtesy of a 7-4 victory against world number one Luke Humphries! 📺 bit.ly/PDCTVLive #PC16