Players Championship 23 PDC WS 5
Joe Cullen picked up his second title of the year on the final day of the PDC Winter Series in Coventry on Saturday.
Cullen defeated Polish number one Krzysztof Ratajski 8-4 in the final with a 105.1 average to follow up his European Tour event win in October.
The title looked unlikely for the world number 17 as he trailed Justin Pipe 5-0 in the opening round, but an incredible comeback sparked a run of six further victories to claim the final Players Championship event of the year.
With Ratajski leading 2-1 in the opening stages, the Polish World Cup star missed break opportunities, allowing Cullen to level up. A break of throw soon followed for Cullen to go 5-3 in front, a lead which the Yorkshireman pressed home for the remainder of the match.
Elsewhere, the fifth of five consecutive days of Players Championship events at the Ricoh Arena saw Kim Huybrechts and Andy Boulton reach ProTour semi-finals for the first time in over two years.
Having picked up titles on both the first two days, Michael Smith ends the Winter Series Order of Merit on top, while Jermaine Wattimena qualifies for the BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts as the highest ranked non-qualified player.
Players Championship Finals: The top 64 players on the PC OoM Table after todays event will qualify CLICK HERE for this table.
World Championship: There are two more TV events to go, but the final positions on the PTOoM table will concluded today CLICK HERE for the race table. The 2 TV events have prize money to add to the OoM.
Top of Winter Series OoM Table after all events:
1 – Michael Smith £23,500
2 – Joe Cullen £17,500
3 – Peter Wright £15,000
4 – Jose de Sousa £15,000
5 – Gerwyn Price £11,500
6 – Damon Heta £11,500
7 – Jermaine Wattimena £10,250 (Top Non Qualified player for GSoD)
8 – Brendan Dolan £8,750
PDC Players Championship 23
Saturday 14th November
QUARTER FINALS
Adrian Lewis 2 v 6 Krzysztof Ratajski
Kim Huybrechts 6 v 4 Ryan Joyce
Peter Wright 5 v 6 Andy Boulton
Daryl Gurney 5 v 6 Joe Cullen
SEMI FINAL
Krzysztof Ratajski 7 v 2 Kim Huybrechts
Andy Boulton 3 v 7 Joe Cullen
FINAL
Krzysztof Ratajski 4 v 8 Joe Cullen
FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE
PDC Players Championship 22
Friday 13th November
QUARTER FINALS
Adrian Lewis 5-3 Ryan Murray
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Damon Heta 2-6 Joe Cullen
SEMI FINAL
Adrian Lewis 5-7 Jose de Sousa
Peter Wright 7-1 Joe Cullen
FINAL
Jose de Sousa 7-8 Peter Wright
FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE
PDC Players Championship 21
Thursday 12th November
QUARTER FINALS
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Ryan Searle 3-6 William O’Connor
Callan Rydz 6-2 Ian White
Krzysztof Kciuk 2-6 Damon Heta
SEMI FINAL
Gerwyn Price 7-3 William O’Connor
Callan Rydz 5-7 Damon Heta
FINAL
Gerwyn Price 8-6 Damon Heta
FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE
PDC Players Championship 20
Wednesday 11th November
QUARTER FINALS
Gabriel Clemens 1-6 Michael Smith
Vincent van der Voort 6-0 Darius Labanauskas
Brendan Dolan 3-6 Joe Cullen
Jeffrey de Zwaan 5-6 Jose de Sousa
SEMI FINAL
Michael Smith 7-3 Vincent van der Voort
Joe Cullen 2-7 Jose de Sousa
FINAL
Michael Smith 8-7 Jose de Sousa
FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE
PDC Players Championship 19
Tuesday 10th November
QUARTER FINALS
Vincent van der Voort 3-6 Jermaine Wattimena
Damon Heta 0-6 Brendan Dolan
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Peter Wright
Conan Whitehead 2-6 Michael Smith
SEMI FINAL
Jermaine Wattimena 7-3 Brendan Dolan
Jose de Sousa 5-7 Michael Smith
FINAL
Jermaine Wattimena 6-8 Michael Smith
FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE