Brooks Wins In Leicester To Secure Worlds Place

Former world younker champion Bradley Brooks won his maiden PDC ProTour title astatine nan Players Championship 21 successful Leicester.

The 25-year-old won nan £15,000 apical prize aft beating Chris Dobey and James Wade connected his measurement to a last against erstwhile world champion Gerwyn Price.

Brooks secured an early break of propulsion pinch a 13-dart limb and went connected to triumph 8-5 to seal a spot successful December's World Darts Championship.

"I'm mislaid for words," he said. "This week I felt truthful comfortable successful my ain crippled and everything clicked, truthful I'm complete nan moon.

"I treated nan last for illustration I had thing to lose. I can't put into words really overmuch it intends to me.

"I struggled a mates of times this twelvemonth and I still person that bad crippled successful me, but I deliberation erstwhile I do get it right, I tin operation it pinch nan champion successful nan room."

Michael Smith, nan 2023 world champion, was beaten successful nan first information which intends he will miss nan World Matchplay successful Blackpool for nan first clip since 2013.

The 34-year-old needed to make astatine slightest nan semi-finals to qualify, but mislaid 6-4 to Frenchman Thibault Tricole.

Tuesday's Players Championship 20 was won by Australian Damon Heta, who hit crowd favourite Stephen Bunting 8-7, and some men will beryllium successful Blackpool., external