Wessel Nijman clinched the second PDC rating title of his profession with a complete 8-3 victory over Damon Heta in Thursday’s Gamers Championship 30 ultimate.
Nijman stormed to victory in gorgeous type at Leicester’s Mattioli Enviornment, averaging north of 103 and lacking double 12 for a nine-darter throughout a dominant show in opposition to the Australian No 1.
Virtually a yr to the day since his maiden ProTour crown, Nijman delivered a sequence of stylish performances to assert the £15,000 high prize and double his Gamers Championship title tally.
The Dutchman kicked off proceedings with a 103 common in his opening-round win over Tom Bissell, earlier than following up victory over Marvin van Velzen with a six-leg blitz of Andy Baetens.
After overturning a 3-1 deficit in opposition to Cameron Menzies within the final 16, Nijman then swept apart Chris Dobey and Ryan Searle to arrange a conflict with Heta in Thursday’s showpiece.
The pair couldn’t be separated after six legs, earlier than Nijman produced a five-leg flurry to take the title, registering 14, 15, 14, 11 and 14-dart legs to cap off a memorable triumph.
The 25-year-old additionally got here agonisingly near touchdown a nine-dart end in a high-quality ultimate, lacking double 12 for perfection within the penultimate leg of the competition.
“I felt like this [win] was coming, I’ve been playing really well over the last three days,” insisted Nijman, a semi-finalist at Gamers Championship 29 on Wednesday.
“It would have been nice to hit the nine-darter, but I was more worried about winning this final, and I’m so happy I did.”
Subsequent up for Nijman is a primary look on the World Grand Prix, as he prepares to make his double-start debut in opposition to 2018 world champion Rob Cross on Monday night, stay on Sky Sports activities.
“It’s a dream to play in these major tournaments like the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and European Championship,” Nijman continued.
“This is what we work all year for. We will have to see what next week brings, but I will try and approach it like any other tournament.”
World No 1 Luke Humphries, Jonny Clayton and Gary Anderson have been among the many high-profile casualties in spherical three, with high seed Josh Rock and Wednesday’s winner Ross Smith shedding within the first spherical.
Following this week’s treble-header, the PDC ProTour season continues with Gamers Championships 31-32 in Wigan on October 14-15, because the race for Gamers Championship Finals qualification intensifies.
Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen are among the many names presently exterior of the provisional qualification locations for November’s Minehead occasion, with 4 occasions remaining forward of the cut-off.
2025 Gamers Championship 30
Thursday October 2
Mattioli Enviornment, Leicester
Final 16
Chris Dobey 6-0 Max Hopp
Wessel Nijman 6-4 Cameron Menzies
Ryan Searle 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Mickey Mansell 6-2 Ryan Joyce
Rob Owen 6-2 Luke Woodhouse
Damon Heta 6-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
Bradley Brooks 6-1 Mike De Decker
Wesley Plaisier 6-1 Niels Zonneveld
Quarter-Finals
Wessel Nijman 6-2 Chris Dobey
Ryan Searle 6-3 Mickey Mansell
Damon Heta 6-3 Rob Owen
Wesley Plaisier 6-5 Bradley Brooks
Semi-Finals
Wessel Nijman 7-2 Ryan Searle
Damon Heta 7-6 Wesley Plaisier
Remaining
Wessel Nijman 8-3 Damon Heta
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