Mensur Suljovic wins his third PDC title and his second in two weeks at Players Championship 20 in Dublin


Mensur Suljovic won the third PDC title of his career - and a second in two weeks - as he defeated Stephen Bunting 6-4 in the Players Championship 20 final in Dublin on Saturday.

The Austrian defied odds of 40/1 a fortnight ago to claim his maiden televised major at the Champions League of Darts and he maintained his hot streak of form with another success on the eve of the World Grand Prix, which runs from October 1-7 at the Citywest Hotel Convention Centre.

He started the day with a 6-0 thrashing of Ted Evetts 6-0 and followed that up with wins over Richie Corner (6-2) and Justin Pipe (6-5) before seeing off Alan Norris 6-1.

Next up was world number one Michael van Gerwen in the quarters but he upset the odds to claim a 6-3 victory and made the most of such a scalp by seeing off James Wilson and Bunting by 6-4 scorelines to clinch a winners cheque of £10,000.

Suljovic also reached the semi-finals of Friday's Players Championship event, where he hit a nine-darter en route to losing to eventual winner Rob Cross, so he will certainly be a tempting proposition for plenty of darts punters at 22/1 with Sky Bet to win the forthcoming major in Dublin, especially because he's in the opposite half of the draw to odds-on favourite MVG.

The popular 45-year-old is in the same half as two giants of the game he conquered at the Champions League of Darts - Gary Anderson (twice) and Peter Wright - so there's nobody he'll fear as he strives for more televised glory.

This title was his first on the PDC's ProTour, with his other coming on the European Tour in 2016 when he won the International Darts Open.

Suljovic told the PDC: "I feel brilliant. I felt like I played better darts yesterday but I am very happy with how everything is going at the moment. I'm playing well but tomorrow is a different day and a different tournament."

Bunting was appearing in his first PDC final for 18 months and looked on course for victory when he opened up that three leg cushion with the aid of a brilliant 160 checkout in the first leg.

But Suljovic hit back, using just 55 darts to win the next four legs, including a superb 121 checkout on the bullseye. 

Players Championship 20 Results

Last 128

Ricky Evans 6-3 Peter Wright

Paul Nicholson 6-3 Ryan Searle

Mark Webster 6-2 Jan Dekker

Jamie Lewis 6-5 Martin Schindler

Gerwyn Price 6-3 Ryan Palmer

Tony Newell 6-4 Jamie Bain

Kyle Anderson 6-1 Max Hopp

John Michael 6-3 Antonio Alcinas

Dave Chisnall 6-4 Harry Robinson

Dennis Smith 6-5 Scott Taylor

Ronny Huybrechts 6-1 Ryan Meikle

Dean Forde 6-4 Richie Burnett

Terry Temple 6-5 Joe Cullen

Madars Razma 6-3 Chris Dobey

James Wade 6-3 Warrick Scheffer

Keegan Brown 6-4 Mick McGowan

Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Daryl Gurney

John Part 6-2 Jamie Caven

Richard North 6-4 David Pallett

Yordi Meeuwisse 6-2 Stephen Burton

Ian White 6-2 Paul Rowley

Andrew Gilding 6-2 Kevin Painter

Stephen Bunting 6-1 John Bowles

James Richardson 6-3 Wes Newton

Simon Whitlock 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse

Joe Murnan 6-3 Jonathan Worsley

Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Jeffrey de Graaf

Brian Woods 6-3 Brendan Dolan

Benito van de Pas 6-5 Andy Boulton

Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Simon Preston

Robert Owen 6-5 Darren Webster

Steve Lennon 6-3 Chris Quantock

Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Mick Todd

Steve Hine 6-3 John Norman Jnr

Steve West 6-1 Callum Loose

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Peter Jacques

Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Kim Huybrechts

Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Andy Jenkins 6-4 Steve Beaton

Ron Meulenkamp 6-5 Mark Walsh

Mensur Suljovic 6-0 Ted Evetts

Richie Corner 6-5 Wayne Jones

Justin Pipe 6-2 Callan Rydz

Devon Petersen 6-5 Haruki Muramatsu

Alan Norris 6-4 Aden Kirk

Robbie Green 6-4 Jonny Clayton

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Diogo Portela

Mike De Decker 6-2 Zoran Lerchbacher

Rob Cross 6-5 Craig Gilchrist

Lee Bryant 6-3 Mickey Mansell

Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Christian Kist

Peter Hudson 6-4 Jimmy Hendriks

Vincent Kamphuis 6-2 Jelle Klaasen

Darren Johnson 6-2 Maik Langendorf

John Henderson 6-2 Sven Groen

William O'Connor 6-1 Radoslaw Szaganski

Michael Smith 6-4 Matthew Dennant

Josh Payne 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Robert Thornton 6-5 Matt Clark

Matthew Edgar 6-4 Andy Hamilton

Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-4 Mervyn King

James Wilson 6-0 Berry van Peer

Simon Stevenson 6-3 Cristo Reyes

Paul Harvey 6-2 Ross Twell

Last 64

Paul Nicholson 6-2 Ricky Evans

Jamie Lewis 6-5 Mark Webster

Gerwyn Price 6-3 Tony Newell

Kyle Anderson 6-5 John Michael

Dave Chisnall 6-0 Dennis Smith

Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Dean Forde

Madars Razma 6-5 Terry Temple

Keegan Brown 6-5 James Wade

John Part 6-2 Kirk Shepherd

Yordi Meeuwisse 6-4 Richard North

Ian White 6-4 Andrew Gilding

Stephen Bunting 6-5 James Richardson

Joe Murnan 6-5 Simon Whitlock

Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Brian Woods

Benito van de Pas 6-5 Luke Woodhouse

Robert Owen 6-4 Steve Lennon

Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Steve Hine

Steve West 6-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Jermaine Wattimena

Ron Meulenkamp 6-3 Andy Jenkins

Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Richie Corner

Justin Pipe 6-1 Devon Petersen

Alan Norris 6-3 Robbie Green

Adrian Lewis 6-3 Mike De Decker

Rob Cross 6-4 Lee Bryant

Peter Hudson 6-3 Nathan Aspinall

Vincent Kamphuis 6-5 Darren Johnson

John Henderson 6-4 William O'Connor

Michael Smith 6-4 Josh Payne

Robert Thornton 6-3 Matthew Edgar

James Wilson 6-3 Jeffrey de Zwaan

Simon Stevenson 6-2 Paul Harvey

Last 32

Jamie Lewis 6-4 Paul Nicholson

Gerwyn Price 6-4 Kyle Anderson

Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Dave Chisnall

Madars Razma 6-3 Keegan Brown

Yordi Meeuwisse 6-1 John Part

Stephen Bunting 6-4 Ian White

Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Joe Murnan

Robert Owen 6-4 Benito van de Pas

Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Steve West

Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Ron Meulenkamp

Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Justin Pipe

Alan Norris 6-3 Adrian Lewis

Rob Cross 6-4 Peter Hudson

John Henderson 6-1 Vincent Kamphuis

Robert Thornton 6-1 Michael Smith

James Wilson 6-3 Simon Stevenson

Last 16

Gerwyn Price 6-1 Jamie Lewis

Madars Razma 6-2 Ronny Huybrechts

Stephen Bunting 6-4 Yordi Meeuwisse

Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Robert Owen

Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld

Mensur Suljovic 6-1 Alan Norris

John Henderson 6-4 Rob Cross

James Wilson 6-2 Robert Thornton

Last Eight

Madars Razma 6-5 Gerwyn Price

Stephen Bunting 6-1 Vincent van der Voort

Mensur Suljovic 6-3 Michael van Gerwen

James Wilson 6-3 John Henderson

Last Four

Stephen Bunting 6-3 Madars Razma

Mensur Suljovic 6-4 James Wilson

Final

Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Stephen Bunting

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