Gary Anderson claims his third darts title in a week by winning Players Championship Four

The Scot had gone all the way to victory in Saturday's third £75,000 Players Championship of 2018, before completing a perfect weekend 24 hours later.

With Anderson having claimed the Coral UK Open title last weekend in Minehead before sharing the spoils with Daryl Gurney in the Unibet Premier League on Thursday, success at the Barnsley Metrdome extended his unbeaten run to 22 matches.

There was also perfection struck on the floor once more in Barnsley, as Jamie Lewis landed a nine-dart finish in the second round of the event.

Anderson’s intent in the final was clear from the off as he landed a 180 with his first visit to the board, before finding double ten to break and take the lead against world number two Wright.

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The two-time World Champion’s best leg of the final came in the third as he took just 12 darts to break once more and lead 3-0.

He was at it again in the fifth, breaking throw with a 76 checkout to lead 5-0, before holding in the sixth leg to secure an incredible whitewash victory over his Scottish World Cup team-mate.

However, Anderson’s performance of the day came in a 6-0 whitewash of World Champion Rob Cross in the last 16 stage.

Averaging a staggering 108.7, the UK Open Champion landed three bullseye finishes, including a 170 checkout, on his way to victory over another of his Unibet Premier League rivals.

He then bettered that average in the last four, beating World Championship semi-finalist Lewis with a brilliant 109.7 average as the Welshman was unable to follow up his earlier perfect leg by reaching the final.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for Anderson, however, as he was forced to recover from 5-1 down beat Terry Jenkins in his opening game.

He was then pushed hard in respective 6-4 victories over Gary Eastwood and Simon Stevenson, and beat Steve Hine 6-3 in his quarter-final clash.

Saturday's progression to the final was a welcome run Wright, who crashed out in the defence of his UK Open title last weekend at the first hurdle and suffered a heavy defeat to Mensur Suljovic in the Premier League on Thursday.

To start the day, Wright edged out youngster Chris Quantock 6-3 and then survived scares against Steve Lennon and Jermaine Wattimena as he picked up 6-5 victories.

Wright’s performance of the day came in the last 16 as he whitewashed Darren Webster, before beating Brendan Dolan and Jeffrey de Graaf 6-3 to reach the final.

Lewis, who beat Diogo Portela 6-3 in the opening round, found his moment of perfection with two 180s and a 141 checkout to level at 5-5 against Adam Hunt in the second round, before holding his throw to seal victory.

He then beat Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert and Joe Cullen to reach the semi-finals.

Young Dutchman De Graaf enjoyed his best run on the PDC ProTour as he reached the semi-finals. He started the day with a victory over Robert Marijanovic, before beating Luke Woodhouse.

His biggest scalp came as he defeated Premier League star Daryl Gurney 6-4 in the last 32, and followed that with a last-leg victory over compatriot Jelle Klaasen.

Finally, he sealed his day with a 6-4 win against Richard North to reach the final four, where he ran into Peter Wright.

Players Championship Four Results

Sunday March 11, Barnsley Metrodome

Last 128

• Danny Noppert 6-2 Peter Wright
• Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-1 Ronny Huybrechts
• Kevin Painter 6-5 Steve West
• Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Mark Wilson
• Ross Smith 6-4 Benito van de Pas
• Jan Dekker 6-1 Sven Groen
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Steve Beaton
• Jamie Lewis 6-3 Ben Burton
• Matthew Edgar 6-4 Ian White
• Ryan Searle 6-4 Jarred Cole
• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
• John Part 6-1 Jim Brown
• Alan Tabern 6-5 Simon Whitlock
• Mark Webster 6-4 Paul Rowley
• James Wilson 6-1 Cameron Menzies
• Darren Johnson 6-5 Jamie Bain
• Mickey Mansell 6-2 Joe Cullen
• Andrew Gilding 6-4 Max Hopp
• Luke Woodhouse 6-1 Justin Pipe
• Ryan Joyce 6-2 Gary Eastwood
• Ryan Meikle 6-5 Mervyn King
• Jamie Caven 6-3 Jose Justicia
• Paul Nicholson 6-0 Alan Norris
• Peter Hudson 6-4 Richie Burnett
• Simon Stevenson 6-5 Daryl Gurney
• Robert Marijanovic 6-3 Arron Monk
• Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Mark Frost
• Josh Payne 6-5 Joe Murnan
• Kyle Anderson 6-1 John Goldie
• Robbie Green 6-4 Steve Hine
• Adrian Lewis 6-0 James Richardson
• Robert Owen 6-1 Ross Twell
• Rob Cross 6-2 Chris Dobey
• Adam Hunt 6-5 Steve Lennon
• Christian Kist 6-5 Martin Schindler
• Jimmy Hendriks 6-3 Aden Kirk
• Stephen Bunting 6-4 Madars Razma
• Tony Newell 6-2 Terry Temple
• John Henderson 6-3 Prakash Jiwa
• Wayne Jones 6-2 Mario Robbe
• Dave Chisnall 6-3 Peter Jacques
• Ritchie Edhouse 6-2 Chris Quantock
• Jeffrey de Graaf 6-5 James Wade
• Kirk Shepherd 6-2 Scott Taylor
• Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Vincent Kamphuis
• Bradley Brooks 6-4 Eddie Dootson
• Richard North 6-2 Colin Osborne
• Ricky Evans 6-4 Diogo Portela
• Kim Huybrechts 6-1 Devon Petersen
• Rhys Griffin 6-2 Jason Cullen
• Robert Thornton 6-5 William O'Connor
• Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Stephen Burton
• Gary Anderson 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
• Tytus Kanik 6-0 Scott Darbyshire
• Cristo Reyes 6-5 Simon Preston
• Terry Jenkins 6-5 Lee Bryant
• Michael Smith 6-2 Mick McGowan
• Ryan Harrington 6-4 Kevin Burness
• Zoran Lerchbacher 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
• Keegan Brown 6-3 Dawson Murschell
• Darren Webster 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Toni Alcinas 6-3 Luke Humphries
• Jonny Clayton 6-4 Brendan Dolan
• Michael Barnard 6-1 George Killington

Last 64

• Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-1 Danny Noppert
• Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Kevin Painter
• Jan Dekker 6-0 Ross Smith
• Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-3 Jamie Lewis
• Matthew Edgar 6-5 Ryan Searle
• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 John Part
• Alan Tabern 6-5 Mark Webster
• Darren Johnson 6-4 James Wilson
• Andrew Gilding 6-3 Mickey Mansell
• Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Ryan Joyce
• Jamie Caven 6-4 Ryan Meikle
• Peter Hudson 6-5 Paul Nicholson
• Simon Stevenson 6-2 Robert Marijanovic
• Josh Payne 6-5 Jermaine Wattimena
• Robbie Green 6-4 Kyle Anderson
• Adrian Lewis 6-5 Robert Owen
• Adam Hunt 6-4 Rob Cross
• Jimmy Hendriks 6-4 Christian Kist
• Stephen Bunting 6-1 Tony Newell
• John Henderson 6-2 Wayne Jones
• Dave Chisnall 6-5 Ritchie Edhouse
• Jeffrey de Graaf 6-2 Kirk Shepherd
• Bradley Brooks 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
• Ricky Evans 6-2 Richard North
• Rhys Griffin 6-5 Kim Huybrechts
• Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Robert Thornton
• Gary Anderson 6-2 Tytus Kanik
• Cristo Reyes 6-5 Terry Jenkins
• Michael Smith 6-4 Ryan Harrington
• Keegan Brown 6-4 Zoran Lerchbacher
• Darren Webster 6-1 Toni Alcinas
• Michael Barnard 6-4 Jonny Clayton

Last 32

• Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-4 Gabriel Clemens
• Jan Dekker 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Matthew Edgar
• Alan Tabern 6-3 Darren Johnson
• Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Andrew Gilding
• Jamie Caven 6-3 Peter Hudson
• Josh Payne 6-5 Simon Stevenson
• Adrian Lewis 6-1 Robbie Green
• Adam Hunt 6-1 Jimmy Hendriks
• Stephen Bunting 6-4 John Henderson
• Dave Chisnall 6-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
• Ricky Evans 6-1 Bradley Brooks
• Rhys Griffin 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
• Gary Anderson 6-4 Cristo Reyes
• Keegan Brown 6-2 Michael Smith
• Darren Webster 6-3 Michael Barnard

Last 16

• Jan Dekker 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Alan Tabern
• Jamie Caven 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
• Adrian Lewis 6-3 Josh Payne
• Stephen Bunting 6-0 Adam Hunt
• Dave Chisnall 6-0 Ricky Evans
• Gary Anderson 6-1 Rhys Griffin
• Keegan Brown 6-4 Darren Webster

Quarter-Finals

• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Jan Dekker
• Adrian Lewis 6-2 Jamie Caven
• Dave Chisnall 6-4 Stephen Bunting
• Gary Anderson 6-3 Keegan Brown

Semi-Finals

• Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Adrian Lewis
• Gary Anderson 6-1 Dave Chisnall

Final

Gary Anderson 6-2 Jeffrey de Zwaan

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