Barney seals Euro crown
Dutch ace beats Chisnall 6-4 to claim European Darts
Open title
Raymond van Barneveld: Beat Dave Chisnall 6-4 to win
in Dusseldorf.
Picture credit - Carsten Arlt, PDC Europe (from skysports)
Raymond van Barneveld saw off the challenge of Dave
Chisnall to claim the European Darts Open crown on Sunday night.
The
Dutchman took the £15,000 first prize at the Maritim Hotel in Dusseldorf in the third of the PDC's European
Tour events, following up his earlier wins over Ian White and Brendan Dolan
with victories against Gino Vos, James Wade, Richie Burnett and Chisnall.
After
defeating young Dutchman Vos 6-2 in
Sunday afternoon's third round, van Barneveld repeated the scoreline in the
quarter-finals as he came from 2-0 down to defeat world No.3 Wade by winning
six successive legs.
Van
Barneveld then defeated former world champion Burnett 6-4 in the semis, and won the final against
Chisnall by the same scoreline.
He
hit a 136-checkout in taking an early 3-1 lead and landed four 180s in the game
before sealing victory in style with an 11-dart finish.
Big
achievement
The
Dutch ace said: "I'm really pleased and happy that I won this tournament.
This is a big achievement for me.
"Dave
is really playing well at the moment and I'm so happy. I said in January that I
was going to play in every tournament and see what happens, and so far I'm
doing really well.
"I
believe that since I've invested more in myself this year I've got more out of
it.
"It
seems so long ago for me since I won a 'major' tournament and for me this was a
major because you had a big crowd and fantastic players.
"I'm
going to go away now and practice every day for the next two weeks building up
to the World Matchplay, and hopefully I can do well there."
Chisnall's
run saw him reach a second successive European Tour final, with the St Helens
thrower following up his loss to Phil Taylor in the German Darts Championship
final in Berlin a fortnight ago by reaching
the Dusseldorf
decider.
He
defeated Mark Dudbridge 6-2 in
the third round before seeing off Simon Whitlock in a deciding leg in the
quarter-finals, and then overcame Mervyn King 6-3
in the semis as he took home £7,500.
Brilliant
Burnett
rolled back the years with some brilliant performances in Dusseldorf, defeating youngsters Michael van
Gerwen and James Hubbard on Sunday to win through to the semis, where he picked
up £5,000 prize money.
King's
run to the semis included victories against Steve Beaton and Colin Osborne on
Sunday, as he defeated the latter in the quarter-finals with a 105 average, and
he moves back up to 18th in the PDC Order of Merit following the tournament.
PDC
Unicorn world youth champion Hubbard's achievement in reaching the
quarter-finals also saw him claim a qualifying place in the Betfair World
Matchplay, as he defeated Mark Walsh in the third round on Sunday afternoon.
Osborne
also secured a Blackpool spot in the final
tournament before the qualifying cut-off, and he was joined in losing at the
quarter-final stage by Wade and Whitlock.
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