Gerwyn Value stormed to victory over Gary Anderson to raise the Baltic Sea Darts Open title in Kiel.
The 40-year-old Welshman proved unstoppable as he raced to an 8-3 win over his Scottish opponent within the closing on the Wunderino Enviornment.
Trailing 2-1, Value gained 5 legs on the trot to determine a 6-2 lead and by no means regarded again from there.
He had eased into the ultimate with a 7-3 demolition of Chris Dobey within the semi-finals, however Anderson’s passage was much more easy as he trounced James Wade 7-1 to e book a showdown with the Welshman, who had brushed apart world primary Luke Humphries 6-3 within the final eight.
Anderson had served early warning of his kind when he averaged 108.03 in his 6-1 quarter-final win over Jonny Clayton, however Value finally proved too good.
“I think I played pretty well all weekend, so I’m really chuffed,” Value mentioned. “Gary wasn’t at his finest within the closing and clearly I can play higher, however I am simply actually happy to recover from the road and get one other European Tour title underneath my belt.
“I can’t put into words how much it means to win this, especially in front of such a fantastic crowd. I needed some ranking points leading up to the back end of the year, so this £30,000 definitely helps!”
Value bounds into the World Matchplay – dwell on Sky Sports activities – brimming with confidence as he goals to raise the Phil Taylor Trophy for the primary time on the Winter Gardens.
“I’ve lost in the final before, so now I need to lift that trophy,” Value, overwhelmed finalist to Michael van Gerwen in 2022, added.
“I won in Poland, I reached the semi-finals and final on the ProTour, so to come here and win here definitely puts me in good stead ahead of the World Matchplay.
“I am taking part in rather well in the mean time, but it surely’s all on the day. There are such a lot of good gamers within the event, so anyone can win it.”
2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open
Results
Friday July 11
First Round
Afternoon Session
Mickey Mansell 6-3 Miroslaw Grudziecki
Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Cameron Menzies 6-5 Yorick Hofkens
Gian van Veen 6-0 Johan Engstrom
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Callan Rydz
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Richard Veenstra
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Martin Kramer
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Ian White
Evening Session
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Ryan Meikle
Niko Springer 6-2 Kevin Troppmann
William O’Connor 6-5 Tytus Kanik
Andy Baetens 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Martin Lukeman
Mike De Decker 6-2 Mensur Suljovic
Ricardo Pietreczko 6-2 Sebastian Bialecki
Justin Hood 6-3 Joe Cullen
Saturday July 12
Second Round
Afternoon Session
Ryan Searle 6-3 Cameron Menzies
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Damon Heta
Gary Anderson 6-2 Krzysztof Ratajski
Danny Noppert 6-3 Mike De Decker
Daryl Gurney 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Ross Smith 6-0 Kim Huybrechts
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Gian van Veen
James Wade 6-1 Luke Woodhouse
Evening Session
Gerwyn Price 6-1 William O’Connor
Andy Baetens 6-2 Rob Cross
Niko Springer 6-2 Stephen Bunting
Luke Humphries 6-5 Mickey Mansell
Josh Rock 6-1 Justin Hood
Martin Schindler 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Chris Dobey 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Sunday July 13
Third round
Afternoon Session (from 12pm UK time)
Luke Humphries 6-0 Ryan Searle
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Wessel Nijman
Danny Noppert 6-2 Nathan Aspinall
Chris Dobey 6-3 Ross Smith
Martin Schindler 6-4 Niko Springer
James Wade 6-5 Daryl Gurney
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Josh Rock
Gary Anderson 6-3 Andy Baetens
Evening Session (from 5pm UK time)
Quarter-finals
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Luke Humphries
Chris Dobey 6-1 Danny Noppert
James Wade 6-3 Martin Schindler
Gary Anderson 6-1 Jonny Clayton
Semi-Finals
Gerwyn Price 7-3 Chris Dobey
James Wade 1-7 Gary Anderson
Final
Gerwyn Price 8-3 Gary Anderson
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