Peter Wright wins inaugural German Darts Open

Snakebite took full advantage of world number one Michael van Gerwen's shock 6-1 defeat at the hands of Ian White in the quarter-finals to go on and claim his six title of the season and second on the 2017 European Tour.

Wright only managed an average of  97.49 in the final compared to van de Pas' stunning mark of  110.46 but his ruthless finishing proved to be the difference, nailing five of his six attempts at doubles before winning the match on the bullseye when checking from 121.

That dramatic finish was also a cruel blow for the young Dutchman, who had just missed double seven to win his first tournament of the season.

While his average was of the highest standard, his finishing let him down having missed 12 of his 17 shots at doubles. 

Wright, who scoops the top prize of £25,000, adds this latest trophy to an impressive haul of titles this year which include the UK Open and three of its qualifying events as well as the German Darts Championship, where he beat MVG in the final.

Wright joked to the www.pdc.tv: "You have to make things interesting! I took my time, I thought it was the only shot I was going to get and luckily I landed it."

The 47-year-old had earlier survived a match dart from Cristo Reyes in a deciding leg before triumphing 6-5 in their third-round clash but he was much improved when thrashing Gerwyn Price and Jelle Klaasen - both 6-2 and posting averages of around 105 - to reach the final.

Van de Pas meanwhile had beaten Joe Cullen 6-5 before averaging over 100 twice to see off Rob Cross 6-2 and Ian White 6-3.

"I played so well and still lost,” said the 24-year-old. "I am so proud I made it into the final and to play so well, but on the day, it still wasn’t enough."

Earlier White produced the shock of the tournament when destroying van Gerwen with a stunning display.

The 46-year-old averaged 104, hit three 180s, nailed 50% of his attempts at doubles and produced a high finish of 107 as the world number one never got going.

MVG only hit one of his nine shots at doubles as he suffered a shock exit.

German Darts Open: Daily Results

All games best of 11 legs 

Friday April 21
First Round
Afternoon Session
Warrick Scheffer 6-3 Marko Kantele
Darren Webster 6-3 Peter Jacques
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Jamie Bain
Christian Kist 6-4 Steve Lennon
Mark Walsh 6-5 Jimmy Henriks
Adam Hunt 6-3 Rene Berndt
John Henderson 6-3 James Richardson
Bernd Roith 6-5 Brian Woods

Evening Session
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Robert Thornton
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-0 Andy Hamilton
Mervyn King 6-5 Robbie Green
Paul Nicholson 6-1 Martin Schindler
Jeffrey de Graaf 1-6 Rob Cross
Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-6 Vincent van der Voort
Nico Blum 6-4 Josh Payne
Zoran Lerchbacher 0-6 Ronny Huybrechts
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Saturday April 22
Second Round
Afternoon Session
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Bernd Roith
Ian White 6-3 Warrick Scheffer
Gerwyn Price 6-5 John Henderson
Steve West 4-6 Adam Hunt
Kim Huybrechts 3-6 Mervyn King
Michael Smith 2-6 Rob Cross
Alan Norris 2-6 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Darren Webster

Evening Session
Cristo Reyes 6-1 Nico Blum
Joe Cullen 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Benito van de Pas 6-3  Paul Nicholson
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Ronny Huybrechts
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Mark Walsh
Peter Wright 6-1 Krzysztof Ratajski
Jelle Klaasen 6-0 Christian Kist
Dave Chisnall 6-0 Nathan Aspinall
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Sunday April 23
Afternoon Session
Third Round
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Adam Hunt
Ian White 6-4 Mervyn King
Rob Cross 6-3 Simon Whitlock
Benito van de Pas 6-5 Joe Cullen
Peter Wright 6-5 Cristo Reyes
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Mensur Suljovic 6-0 Stephen Bunting 

Evening Session
Quarter-Finals
Ian White 6-1 Michael Van Gerwen
Benito van de Pas 6-2 Rob Cross 
Peter Wright 6-2 Gerwyn Price
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Mensur Suljovic

Semi-Finals
Benito van de Pas 6-3 Ian White 
Peter Wright 6-2 Jelle Klaasen

Final
Peter Wright 6-5 Benito van de Pas