Ian White
Ian White

Ian White wins Players Championship Six title in Milton Keynes


Ian White ended a two-year gap between ranking titles by winning Sunday's Players Championship Six, edging out Dave Chisnall 6-5 in the final.

The Stoke-based ace had claimed the most recent of his seven ranking titles in 2016, but went all the way to pick up the £10,000 winner's cheque as the PDC ProTour weekend at Arena MK in Milton Keynes came to a close.

Having been a semi-finalist twice on the circuit so far this year, White erased those memories with a fine display to claim seven victories on Sunday.

The final was a tense affair with neither player able to command complete control of the encounter but it was White who held his nerve to come through in the deciding leg.

White began the match with a 180 before going on to break and then holding throw to give himself an early 2-0 lead.

In the third leg a 124 checkout secured Chisnall his first leg of the match as the pair went on to exchange holds of throw until the eighth leg.

Chisnall, a runner-up at the Players Championship Finals in 2016, then broke White to level the score at 4-4 before a hold of throw moved the Englishman a leg away from claiming the title.

A dramatic 10th leg saw 37-year-old Chisnall miss the bullseye for the title before White stepped in to level the match at 5-5 on double ten and take the match to a deciding leg.

Under immense pressure, White was able to find a maximum before going on to produce a 14-dart break of throw to earn the narrowest of victories.

A whitewash of Maik Langendorf was sandwiched by early 6-3 wins over Luke Woodhouse and Keegan Brown, before White dropped just one leg against Saturday's semi-finalist James Wade.

He then saw off John Henderson 6-2 and Mervyn King with a 6-3 scoreline as he won through to the final, where he survived one missed match dart from Chisnall to claim the title.

Like White, Chisnall enjoyed his best finish of 2018 so far as he won through to the final, but was denied his 13th ranking victory in agonising fashion in the decider.

Chisnall defeated Arron Monk, Peter Jacques, Cristo Reyes, Ricky Evans and Stephen Bunting as he progressed through the field, before coming through an 11-leg semi-final with James Wilson.

Wilson was joined by King in the last four, while World Champion Rob Cross and World Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh were quarter-finalists alongside Bunting and Henderson.

Sunday's Players Championship Six also featured a nine-dart finish from Steve Hine, although the achievement came during his defeat to John Henderson in round one.

Players Championship Six results

Last 128

Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Steve Lennon

Robbie Green 6-4 Mark Webster

Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Luke Humphries

Vincent Kamphuis 6-4 Ben Burton

Jimmy Hendriks 6-5 Darren Webster

Ryan Harrington 6-3 Mario Robbe

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Robert Marijanovic

Bradley Brooks 6-2 Jarred Cole

Dave Chisnall 6-2 Arron Monk

Peter Jacques 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Cristo Reyes 6-4 Terry Jenkins

Max Hopp 6-2 Tytus Kanik

Gary Anderson 6-5 Toni Alcinas

Ricky Evans 6-4 Brendan Dolan

Diogo Portela 6-2 Alan Norris

Simon Stevenson 6-2 Richie Burnett

Daryl Gurney 6-3 Kirk Shepherd

Ross Twell 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts

James Wilson 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse

Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 William O'Connor

Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Jamie Caven

Aden Kirk 6-5 Peter Hudson

Steve Beaton 6-2 Davy Van Baelen

Jeffrey de Graaf 6-2 Ryan Searle

Rob Cross 6-2 Eddie Dootson

Jamie Bain 6-4 Sven Groen

Vincent van der Voort 6-3 James Richardson

Mickey Mansell 6-2 Adam Hunt

Josh Payne 6-4 Gerwyn Price

Mark Dudbridge 6-2 Stephen Burton

Cameron Menzies 6-2 Jonny Clayton

Chris Dobey 6-5 Gary Eastwood

Peter Wright 6-3 Nathan Aspinall

Jan Dekker 6-4 Matthew Edgar

Justin Pipe 6-2 Chris Quantock

George Killington 6-3 Andrew Gilding

Mervyn King 6-0 Robert Owen

Alan Tabern 6-4 Darren Johnson

Kyle Anderson 6-2 Dawson Murschell

Scott Taylor 6-2 Ryan Meikle

Steve West 6-5 Joe Cullen

Mark Wilson 6-0 Jim Brown

Richard North 6-1 Ross Smith

Joe Murnan 6-4 Zoran Lerchbacher

Kim Huybrechts 6-2 John Part

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Gabriel Clemens

Adrian Lewis 6-0 Mick McGowan

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Prakash Jiwa

Mensur Suljovic 6-5 John Goldie

Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-3 Martin Schindler

James Wade 6-5 Kevin Painter

Jamie Lewis 6-2 Martin Atkins (Wigan)

Ian White 6-3 Luke Woodhouse

Maik Langendorf 6-5 Wayne Jones

Benito van de Pas 6-4 Kevin Burness

Keegan Brown 6-1 Paul Nicholson

Jason Cullen 6-3 Michael Smith

Ryan Joyce 6-5 Paul Rowley

Robert Thornton 6-2 Terry Temple

Michael Barnard 6-4 Simon Preston

Simon Whitlock 6-4 Tony Newell

Madars Razma 6-1 Jose Justicia

John Henderson 6-4 Steve Hine

Danny Noppert 6-4 Christian Kist

Last 64

Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Robbie Green

Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Vincent Kamphuis

Jimmy Hendriks 6-4 Ryan Harrington

Stephen Bunting 6-4 Bradley Brooks

Dave Chisnall 6-4 Peter Jacques

Cristo Reyes 6-3 Max Hopp

Ricky Evans 6-4 Gary Anderson

Simon Stevenson 6-2 Diogo Portela

Daryl Gurney 6-3 Ross Twell

James Wilson 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp

Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Aden Kirk

Steve Beaton 6-5 Jeffrey de Graaf

Rob Cross 6-0 Jamie Bain

Mickey Mansell 6-5 Vincent van der Voort

Josh Payne 6-2 Mark Dudbridge

Chris Dobey 6-4 Cameron Menzies

Jan Dekker 6-5 Peter Wright

George Killington 6-3 Justin Pipe

Mervyn King 6-3 Alan Tabern

Kyle Anderson 6-3 Scott Taylor

Steve West 6-3 Mark Wilson

Richard North 6-5 Joe Murnan

Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 Adrian Lewis

Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Mensur Suljovic

James Wade 6-5 Jamie Lewis

Ian White 6-0 Maik Langendorf

Keegan Brown 6-1 Benito van de Pas

Ryan Joyce 6-4 Jason Cullen

Robert Thornton 6-2 Michael Barnard

Madars Razma 6-3 Simon Whitlock

John Henderson 6-4 Danny Noppert

Last 32

Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Michael van Gerwen

Stephen Bunting 6-1 Jimmy Hendriks

Dave Chisnall 6-3 Cristo Reyes

Ricky Evans 6-4 Simon Stevenson

James Wilson 6-4 Daryl Gurney

Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Steve Beaton

Rob Cross 6-5 Mickey Mansell

Josh Payne 6-2 Chris Dobey

George Killington 6-5 Jan Dekker

Mervyn King 6-3 Kyle Anderson

Richard North 6-1 Steve West

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 Kim Huybrechts

James Wade 6-5 Jeffrey de Zwaan

Ian White 6-3 Keegan Brown

Ryan Joyce 6-1 Robert Thornton

John Henderson 6-5 Madars Razma

Last 16

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena

Dave Chisnall 6-2 Ricky Evans

James Wilson 6-3 Jelle Klaasen

Rob Cross 6-4 Josh Payne

Mervyn King 6-3 George Killington

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Richard North

Ian White 6-1 James Wade

John Henderson 6-3 Ryan Joyce

Last Eight

Dave Chisnall 6-3 Stephen Bunting

James Wilson 6-4 Rob Cross

Mervyn King 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Ian White 6-2 John Henderson

Last Four

Dave Chisnall 6-5 James Wilson

Ian White 6-3 Mervyn King

Final

Ian White 6-5 Dave Chisnall

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