Luke Woodhouse claimed the second PDC Tour title of his profession – simply 12 days after lastly successful his first – with an 8-4 victory over Ryan Joyce within the closing of the Baltic Sea Darts Open in Germany.
Contemporary from beating Andrew Gilding on Might 19 within the Gamers Championship 18 closing in Leicester, Woodhouse has swiftly added a maiden European Tour title to his identify after a powerful weekend in Kiel.
Woodhouse, 37, made his PDC debut in 2013 and had performed almost 400 most important tour tournaments earlier than lastly touchdown his first title. Now he has two in fast succession.
After beating Jimmy van Schie 6-3 in Sunday night’s quarter-finals, Woodhouse dispatched Ricky Evans 7-2 of their semi-final earlier than making a quick begin within the closing in opposition to Joyce to steer his English compatriot 3-0.
And whereas Joyce got here again into the match, Woodhouse raced away once more when 5-3 forward and ultimately sealed the match with a sensational 160 checkout within the twelfth leg.
“It’s like buses. You wait for one for ages, then two come along at once!” stated Woodhouse of his quick-fire title triumphs.
“That was such a troublesome sport. I do not assume me and Ryan performed our greatest darts, however I’ll take it 100 per cent.
“I felt like this was a good chance for both of us and I didn’t want to let it pass me by, so I tried to be ultra-focused and luckily today I came out on top.”
Woodhouse, who had misplaced 8-3 to Stephen Bunting in his solely earlier European Tour closing ultimately 12 months’s Swiss Darts Trophy, added: “I’m really enjoying my darts at the moment, and to win this is unbelievable. It’s absolutely massive.
“I am hoping I can kick on now. The World Matchplay is simply across the nook, so hopefully my confidence can carry into that.”
Woodhouse had been considered one of solely 4 seeds left within the match heading into the final eight on Sunday night.
Gian van Veen and James Wade – the top-two ranked gamers in motion – had earlier grow to be the newest seeds to fall after they misplaced their third-round matches to Dave Chisnall and Ricky Evans respectively.
Chisnall went on to lose 6-1 to Joyce within the quarter-finals. Joyce then edged out Damon Heta 7-6 within the final 4.
Elten Security Sneakers Baltic Sea Darts Open outcomes
Sunday Night Session
Quarter-Finals
Luke Woodhouse 6-3 Jimmy van Schie
Ricky Evans 6-3 Kevin Doets
Damon Heta 6-2 Wessel Nijman
Ryan Joyce 6-1 Dave Chisnall
Semi-Finals
Luke Woodhouse 7-2 Ricky Evans
Ryan Joyce 7-6 Damon Heta
Ultimate
Luke Woodhouse 8-4 Ryan Joyce
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