Jonny Clayton stormed to the seventh Gamers Championship title of his profession with a blistering set of performances within the Netherlands as Ross Smith hit a nine-dart end.
Clayton, who recorded six ton-plus averages throughout his seven matches in Rosmalen, breezed previous German participant Dominik Gruellich 8-2 within the Occasion 14 last to disclaim his opponent a maiden PDC title weeks after he had landed his first Improvement Tour trophy
The Ferret earlier thumped Michael van Gerwen 6-1 within the last-16, swept James Wade 6-0 within the quarter-finals after which reeled off six legs in a row from 3-1 all the way down to beat Danny Noppert 7-3 within the semis on a day on which he misplaced solely 11 legs in whole and averaged 103.59.
Michael van Gerwen will keep within the Netherlands for Premier League Darts in Rotterdam on Thursday
Gruellich pipped Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 in a final-leg shootout within the final eight earlier than getting the higher of former world champion Michael Smith 7-4 within the semis however was then steamrolled by Clayton because the Welshman secured his first rating title of 2025.
‘If I can carry this manner persistently, I’m harmful’
World No 5 Clayton mentioned after beating Gruellich with a median of 109.68: “Immediately was a superb day for me. I cherished each second of it. If I can carry this manner persistently, I’m harmful.
“I am getting used to the darts I changed straight after Christmas and like them. I know I can score, I know I can play, so hopefully it carries on for the rest of the year.”
England’s Ross Smith produced an ideal leg in his second-round assembly with France’s Thibault Tricole.
Van Gerwen, in the meantime, improved on 4 successive first-round defeats in Gamers Championship occasions earlier than he was demolished by Clayton, with the Dutchman now hoping to impress in Rotterdam on Thursday when Premier League Darts hits the town for Night time 11.
Gamers Championship 14 – final-stage outcomes
Remaining
- Jonny Clayton 8-2 Dominik Gruellich
Semi-finals
- Dominik Gruellich 7-4 Michael Smith
- Jonny Clayton 7-3 Danny Noppert
Quarter-finals
- Michael Smith 6-2 Ricardo Pietreczko
- James Wade 6-0 Jonny Clayton
- Dominik Gruellich 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Danny Noppert 6-1 Mickey Mansell
Final- 16
- Dominik Gruellich 6-4 Maik Kuivenhoven
- Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Chris Dobey
- Michael Smith 6-2 Darren Beveridge
- Ricardo Pietreczko 6-5 Gerwyn Value
- Danny Noppert 6-2 Jimmy van Schie
- Mickey Mansell 6-5 Andreas Harrysson
- James Wade 6-5 Martin Schindler
- Jonny Clayton 6-1 Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts from 6pm Thursday
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Highlights from the ultimate of Premier League Darts Night time 10 as Nathan Aspinall beat world No 1 Luke Humphries
Night time 11 of Premier League Darts on Thursday takes place in Rotterdam, so protection begins on the earlier time of 6pm, stay on Sky Sports activities+ and Sky Sports activities Important Occasion, with quarter-finals together with desk topper and reigning champion Luke Littler up towards Rob Cross, and Michael van Gerwen versus Stephen Bunting.
Full quarter-final line-up for Night time 11
- Chris Dobey vs Luke Humphries
- Gerwyn Value vs Nathan Aspinall
- Stephen Bunting vs Michael van Gerwen
- Luke Littler vs Rob Cross
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