Gerwyn Price doubles Players Championship title tally, downs resurgent Ian White in Event 9

Gerwyn Price wins his 19th Players Championship at event nine in Leicester on Monday afternoon. The Iceman was too much for Ian White, beating him 8-4 in the final.

The match started at an impressive level with 3 holds of throw all in five visits seeing Price lead 2-1, White with the darts. That's when the Iceman showed his class, checking out 140 to break in twelve darts and lead the match 3-1.

After that, the standard dropped but the direction of the match stayed in the Iceman's favour. White was unable to checkout 20, letting Price hold in 21 darts to lead 4-1. White held his throw in leg six with a crucial 126 checkout.

Price won the next two legs to lead 6-2, with White missing key doubles in both legs, before Price went one away from the title, winning leg nine with a 78 checkout to lead 7-2.

In leg ten, Price could not take out 61 in two visits, missing 5 darts for the match, before missing another match dart in leg eleven.

Price eventually won the match in leg twelve, breaking in 12 darts and checking out 91 for the title.

Final

Gerwyn Price (94.67) 8 | 4 (96.99) Ian White

Semi-Finals

Gerwyn Price (114.36) 7 | 0 (93.61) Brendan Dolan

Ian White (98.60) 7 | 3 (87.31) Cameron Menzies

Quarter-Finals

Gerwyn Price (90.69) 6 | 3 (86.37) Niels Zonneveld

Brendan Dolan (94.83) 6 | 2 (93.58) Andrew Gilding

Cameron Menzies (96.43) 6 | 4 (93.23) Ross Smith

Ian White (86.75) 6 | 5 (87.96) Josh Rock

Top 16

Gerwyn Price (104.50) 6 | 2 (97.82) Dave Chisnall

Niels Zonneveld (103.10) 6 | 5 (99.95) Gian van Veen

Andrew Gilding (92.97) 6 | 0 (86.13) Haupai Puha

Brendan Dolan (100.69) 6 | 3 (94.67) James Wade

Cameron Menzies (100.45) 6 | 5 (96.00) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ross Smith (100.91) 6 | 3 (84.81) Sebastian Bialecki

Ian White (91.00) 6 | 3 (96.39) Wessel Nijman

Josh Rock (88.65) 6 | 3 (86.73) Damon Heta