Ross Smith thrashed Chris Dobey 8-2 to win his seventh profession Gamers Championship title
Smith averaged over 95 in all however one among his seven wins in Leicester on Monday with comparatively comfy victories over Czechia’s Karel Sedlacek and Dave Chisnall within the semi-finals and quarter-finals to make the ultimate.
The 37-year-old additionally beat Niko Springer, Michael Smith, Cor Dekker and Justin Hood earlier within the day and averaged 104.39 to see off a poor Dobey in Tuesday’s remaining.
“I played consistently well today. I rode my luck a bit but you need a bit of luck along the way to win a title, unless you’re playing exceptional,” mentioned Smith.
“Fortunately for me, Chris did not flip up. Everyone knows Chris is likely one of the greatest on the planet. I am grateful to beat him and I am completely satisfied.
“I felt relaxed today. It’s the best I’ve felt this year. I’m glad with the win. I always set myself a target of winning at least one title every year, so I’m on course now for 2026.”
Ross Smith received the Gamers Championship 5 in Leicester
Dobey produced the second of the day although with a nine-darter towards Ricky Evans within the second spherical earlier than deciding leg wins towards Dutch duo Kevin Doets and Danny Noppert.
He noticed off Christian Kist within the quarter-finals and Joe Cullen within the semi-finals solely to ship a disappointing efficiency within the remaining the place he missed 13 darts at double.
High seed Gerwyn Value was shocked 6-2 by Adam Lipscombe in his opening match, with different Premier League Darts stars Jonny Clayton and Josh Rock additionally overwhelmed within the first spherical.
Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting had been amongst these to not enter this week’s Gamers Championship occasions in Leicester, with one other competitors on Wednesday.
Final 16
Christian Kist 6-1 Sebastian Bialecki
Chris Dobey 6-5 Danny Noppert
Joe Cullen 6-5 Brendan Dolan
Niels Zonneveld 6-0 Martijn Dragt
Ross Smith 6-2 Niko Springer
Dave Chisnall 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Karel Sedlacek 6-2 Ryan Searle
Alan Soutar 6-4 Gary Anderson
Quarter-finals
Chris Dobey 6-0 Christian Kist
Joe Cullen 6-2 Niels Zonneveld
Ross Smith 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Alan Soutar
Semi-finals
Chris Dobey 7-4 Joe Cullen
Ross Smith 7-4 Karel Sedlacek
Ultimate
Ross Smith 8-2 Chris Dobey
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