ROSS SMITH WINS PC28 🏆 It's the perfect warm-up for his European Championship title defence as Ross Smith wins Players Championship 28! What a comeback in the final, as he recovered from 6-3 down to beat Damon Heta 8-6! Superb 👏 👉 bit.ly/2023PC28Results
Nine-dart Ross Smith caps day of incredible form with second ranking title of the season at Players Championship 28
PDCSaturday, 21 October 2023 at 20:00
Ross Smith took the title at the 28th Players Championship tournament of the season in Barnsley on Saturday. He settled in the final match with Damon Heta, who gave away a lead in the final.
This title could not have come at a better time for Smith, who will try to defend his title at the European Championship next week. He only faced a seeded player in the final.
The Englishman had successively defeated Nathan Rafferty (6-2), Robbie Knops (6-0), Robert Owen (6-2), Niels Zonneveld (6-2), Ricky Evans (6-2) and Dom Taylor (7-6) to reach the final. In four of these matches, he threw an average well above 100.
At the other end of the schedule, Heta managed to qualify for the final match after victories over Alan Soutar (6-4), Karel Sedlacek (6-1), Scott Waites (6-3), Martin Schindler (6-3), Luke Woodhouse (6-2) and Mickey Mansell (7-2).
Heta then managed to grab a 6-3 lead in the final after a 12-darter, 13-darter and a 104 finish, among others. However, thanks to a 13-darter and a 12-darter, Smith came back to 6-6. He then took over the lead with a 12-darter, before Smith managed to take the victory with a 13-darter.
Results Players Championship 28
Last 16
Dom Taylor 6 | 1 Darren Webster
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 5 Radek Szaganski
Ross Smith 6 | 2 Niels Zonneveld
Ricky Evans 6 | 3 Florian Hempel
Damon Heta 6 | 3 Martin Schindler
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Mickey Mansell 6 | 5 Josh Rock
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 5 Matt Campbell
Quarterfinals
Dom Taylor 6 | 2 Raymond van Barneveld
Ross Smith 6 | 2 Ricky Evans
Damon Heta 6 | 2 Luke Woodhouse
Mickey Mansell 6 | 1 Ricardo Pietreczko
Semi-final
Ross Smith 7 | 6 Dom Taylor
Damon Heta 7 | 2 Mickey Mansell
Final
Ross Smith (104.68) 8 | 6 (96.68) Damon Heta
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