Gerwyn Price beats Luke Littler on his way to Play...

Gerwyn Value secured his first PDC rating title in over a 12 months with an exciting 8-7 victory over Chris Dobey in Tuesday’s Gamers Championship Two closing.

Value overturned a 6-3 deficit to disclaim his Premier League rival Dobey in a high-quality closing in Wigan, profitable 5 of the final six legs to clinch his first ProTour crown since November 2023.

Tuesday’s motion additionally supplied a landmark second for two-time Ladies’s World Matchplay champion Beau Greaves, who celebrated her first victory on the PDC ProTour.

Value has loved a promising begin to 2025, and he defeated a number of huge names to return to profitable methods on the Robin Park Leisure Centre.

Value stormed via to the final 16 with a hat-trick of 6-2 wins in opposition to William Borland, Danny Lauby and Jonny Clayton, averaging virtually 106 in his opening spherical tie in opposition to Borland.

Following a routine victory over his World Cup companion Clayton, Value produced back-to-back 14-darters to defeat Martin Schindler 6-4, defying a ton-plus common from the German No 1.

The 2021 world champion then gained via an epic deciding-leg conflict in opposition to present world champion Luke Littler within the final eight, averaging 102 to arrange a semi-final showdown with Ryan Searle.

Value continued his march in direction of glory with a 7-5 success in opposition to Searle, though he regarded set to succumb to an impressed Dobey, who led 6-3 with a 106 common at one stage.

Nonetheless, the Bedlington star spurned 4 darts for a 7-3 lead, and Value duly capitalised, following up a clutch 78 checkout with successive 14-darters to stage at six apiece.

The 39-year-old continued his cost with a fourth straight leg to steer 7-6, and whereas Dobey hit again to pressure a decider, Value stored his cool within the closing phases to scoop the £15,000 high prize.

“I believe Chris performed higher than me in that closing, however I hung in there till the tip,” claimed Value, contemporary from claiming his 18th Gamers Championship title.

“At this time has been good. Yesterday I performed rather well too; I am getting again to my greatest. I am having fun with the sport extra. I believe my mentality and the way in which I believe has modified, and it has simply benefitted me.

“I had just a little little bit of assist with a sports activities psychologist earlier than the World Championship, which actually helped. There’s much more positivity in my recreation now, and it appears to be working!

“I understand how properly I’m taking part in, however in relation to the large video games typically, I’m making an attempt too exhausting as a result of I would like it an excessive amount of.

“That is what I wanted. This win will hopefully make issues come just a little bit simpler, as a result of once you’re profitable you do not strive too exhausting.”

2025 Gamers Championship 2, Tuesday February 11

Final 16

Dave Chisnall 6-5 Nick Kenny
Ross Smith 6-4 Danny Noppert
Florian Hempel 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Chris Dobey 6-4 Kim Huybrechts
Gian van Veen 6-3 Stephen Bunting
Ryan Searle 6-3 Damon Heta
Luke Littler 6-4 Wessel Nijman
Gerwyn Value 6-4 Martin Schindler

Quarter-Finals

Ross Smith 6-2 Dave Chisnall
Chris Dobey 6-5 Florian Hempel
Ryan Searle 6-3 Gian van Veen
Gerwyn Value 6-5 Luke Littler

Semi-Finals

Chris Dobey 7-4 Ross Smith
Gerwyn Value 7-5 Ryan Searle

Closing

Gerwyn Value 8-7 Chris Dobey

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