Dave Chisnall landed a nine-dart finish on his way to winning the Belgian Darts Open in Wieze on Sunday, ending a three-year wait for his 16th ranking title.<\/p>\n
Chisnall struck perfection in the opening leg of his 7-4 semi-final win over Danny Noppert as he landed the first nine-darter on the European Tour since his own effort at the 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.<\/p>\n
Six-time TV event finalist Chisnall then went on to deny Andrew Gilding a maiden title, running out an 8-6 victor in the final.<\/p>\n
Both players had produced sparkling displays throughout the weekend to reach the showdown, and produced an intriguing decider in front of a packed Oktoberhallen crowd.<\/p>\n
Gilding trailed from the fifth leg but produced a 136 checkout, the game’s most eye-catching moment, to reduce the deficit to 6-7.<\/p>\n
However, Chisnall held throw to land double 19 and avoid a last-leg decider to rack up his third European Tour title, all of which have been won in different countries.<\/p>\n
“It’s very special,” said an emotional Chisnall. “Any tournament you win is special but this one means even more after a tough year personally.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had a couple of family bereavements so this is for them. I had a terrible year last year but I’m coming back and there will be more trophies going in my cabinet.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been saying for the last few weeks that this has been coming and this weekend it happened.<\/p>\n
“The final was one of those games where we were both trying too hard to win a big tournament. Luckily for me that double 19 went in; I’m so happy.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Gilding’s continued strong form in 2022 sees him confirm his place in October’s BoyleSports World Grand Prix, having already featured in the Betfred World Matchplay in July.<\/p>\n
Having defeated Belgian number one Dimitri Van den Bergh in Saturday’s second round, Gilding overcame Niels Zonneveld, Martin Schindler and Jonny Clayton as he reached a first European Tour final.<\/p>\n
Sunday saw the tournament reach its climax with last 16 matches in the afternoon, before the evening session saw the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final take place.<\/p>\n
Hopes of a Belgian winner were ended in the last 16 as Kim Huybrechts – who defeated Michael van Gerwen in round two – went down 6-1 to Adrian Lewis.<\/p>\n
German duo Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler fell at the quarter-final stage along with Lewis and De Sousa.<\/p>\n
The final European Tour event of 2022, the Gibraltar Darts Trophy (ET13), will take place from October 14-16 at the Victoria Stadium.<\/p>\n
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\nSunday September 25
\nAfternoon Session
\nThird Round<\/strong>
\nAndrew Gilding 6-3 Niels Zonneveld
\nMartin Schindler 6-3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
\nJonny Clayton 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
\nGabriel Clemens 6-3 Rob Cross
\nJose de Sousa 6-4 Ryan Searle
\nDave Chisnall 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
\nDanny Noppert 6-4 Joe Cullen
\nAdrian Lewis 6-1 Kim Huybrechts<\/p>\n
\nQuarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nAndrew Gilding 6-2 Martin Schindler
\nJonny Clayton 6-5 Gabriel Clemens
\nDave Chisnall 6-2 Jose De Sousa
\nDanny Noppert 6-3 Adrian Lewis<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Gilding 7-5 Jonny Clayton
\nDave Chisnall 7-4 Danny Noppert – Dave Chisnall hits nine-dart finish<\/p>\n
\nDave Chisnall 8-6 Andrew Gilding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"