Wright wins first major title with stunning victory against world No 1 to claim £ (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************, top prize and the Sid Waddell Trophy
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Peter Wright finally ended his personal nightmare against Michael van Gerwen to win his first PDC World Darts Championship trophy
Peter Wright realized his dream of winning his first World Darts Championship title by overcoming his nemesis Michael van Gerwen thanks to a 7-3 victory on New Year’s Day.
Wright ended years of pain to finally get over the line and deny Van Gerwen collecting his fourth world title in seven years with a blistering display of arrows.
Scotland’s Wright was beaten by Van Gerwen in the (World Championship final, one of some) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** defeats to the Dutchman, but he averaged (**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** s, 13 maximums and finished with per cent on doubles to seal a famous victory.
“The chances I used to give Michael, he gave me them. Champion of the World sounds amazing. You should never give up, it does not matter how many times you get beaten. I’ve done it, “Wrighttold Sky Sports
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Wright said ‘you should never give up ‘after winning his first World title
Van Gerwen has dominated previous meetings between the pair but Wright came into the final with marginally better stats in this tournament.
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Wright nailed this stunning to break in the opening leg of the fourth set
‘Snakebite’ bossed the opening leg, but missed three at doubles, allowing Van Gerwen to take out 90. The Scot bounced straight back to break in darts. A fabulous 87 on the bullseye from the Dutchman sent the set into a deciding leg but after missing the red bit for a (attempt, Wright returned for a) two-dart combination finish to move 1-0 ahead.
Wright, who survived a match dart during his second-round encounter with Noel Malicdem, produced an eyebrow-raising – dart break in the third leg of the second set. And the 053 – year-old nailed tops on throw for a 2-0 lead in the final averaging (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ () **********
Wright had the upper-hand over Van Gerwen in the opening six sets
The world No 1 upped the ante in the third set by winning all three legs in darts, averaging ((************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, and ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* (darts).
Back came Wright in the fourth set with a magnificent opening gambit of against the darts, although Van Gerwen responded with a neat 18 – darter. It went to a final-leg decider in which Wright missed a set dart, while ‘The Green Machine’ nailed double eight to make it a level playing field in a top tungsten showdown in the race to seven.
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Van Gerwen took out this stunning checkout on his way to winning the eighth set
Wright came close to a nine-dart finish when he pounded in se ven perfect arrows before missing treble 19 in the second leg of the fifth set. He still came away with a stunning – darter before Van Gerwen unusually missed a seventh dart at the outer-ring to allow ‘Snakebite’ to strike back with double 23 and a 3-2 lead.
Wright, decked out in all-purple for the final , has failed to get the better of Van Gerwen when they faced off for major honors, and lost again after being edged out 11 – (in theChampions League final in October. But he was starting to realize his dream after whitewashing the top seed to regain a two-set cushion at 4-2 thanks to a brace of (checkouts and an
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MVG had the second highest ever average for a losing finalist ((******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. 90 – Gary Anderson averaged (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. (in the (showpiece).
MVG had the second highest ever average for a losing finalist ((******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. 90 – Gary Anderson averaged (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. (in the (showpiece).
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Van Gerwen missed double for a nine-dart attempt in the eighth set
Van Gerwen, who was playing in his fifth World Championship final, sealed a must-win seventh set 3-1 with an – darter to cut Wright’s lead to one set. And he opened the next with an effortless (checkout before throwing a two-dart
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** combination on throw, but the Scot held on and punished Van Gerwen for not taking his set dart at tops by taking out to win it 3-2 and open up a 5-3 lead .) ‘Mighty Mike’ powered in an outrageous checkout, his second ton-plus finish of the final at the start of the next. But after another set went the distance for the fourth time in the match, Wright nailed tops for a superb (finish to move to the brink of victory.**************************************************************************** () ******************. ********************** () ************************************************1: . ) Here’s the moment Wright beat Van Gerwen to win the Worlds at Alexandra Palace
Here’s the moment Wright beat Van Gerwen to win the Worlds at Alexandra Palace
MVG narrowly missed double 16 for a nine-dart attempt in the second leg of the (th set – the fourth time double 12 had been missed for the holy grail of finishes at the tournament. Wright remained unmoved as he took out 79 to break throw and move to within one leg of a famous victory.
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Wright finally got his hands on the Sid Waddell Trophy
And, with Van Gerwen unable to pressure Wright, the Scot pinned double with his last dart in hand before sinking to his knees in sheer disbelief.
“Of course I’m very disappointed,” said Van Gerwen. “Everything I missed he took out, his finishing was phenomenal and I can only blame myself. I had six darts to break throw in the fifth set and if you don’t take chances like that, you don’t win, simple as that .
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World No 1 Van Gerwen said he could only blame himself for defeat against Wright
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Wright’s tale of tungsten woe in major finals vs MVG
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