Championship players 9: Gerwyn Price wins the second title of 2025 against Ian White while Luke Littler suffers from early exit
Gerwyn Price won the ninth championship of the 2025 players with an 8-4 victory over Ian White in the final, while Luke Littler came out in the third round.
Price produced a superb checkout 140 in the fourth stage – the highest in the game – to take an advantage of 3-1 and kept its calm in the rest of the Leicester Arena competition.
Welshman’s price marked on average 94.67 to White 96.99 and had less 180 – from three to six – but its success of 34.8% against 28.6% proved crucial.
It was the victory of the championship tournament of the second price players of the following season The success of last month in Wigan.
“I didn’t feel too good at the beginning today – I was a bit up and down in the games – but this will give me an increase in the Premier League next week,” said Price to the PDC.
“I was a little inconsistent but I fought. In the past, I probably throw away those games. There were some frayed points but I am happy to get a victory.”
White, classified in 52nd place in the order of merit PDC, had reached his first professional tour final in five years after eliminating the Littler world champion in the last 32.
The 54 -year -old, nicknamed “Diamond”, had Given to Littler a fright In the fourth round of the world championships at the beginning of this year.
Before that game White revealed that he was beating Littler’s grandfather of 18 years on the Darts Pub circuit in Runcorn in the 90s.
In his second meeting with Warrington’s teenager, White triumphed 6-5 after an exciting decisive leg.
Littler was unable to get a 102 checkout to give White a possibility and nailed 46, ending up with double top, to progress at the expense of his English companion.
White continued to score victories on Josh Rock and Cameron Menzies in the neighborhoods and semifinals before being removed against the price.
In the meantime, Gary Anderson has compiled a milestone of nine darts in his game of the first round against Krzysztof Ratajski, before losing the last 32.
There are 34 players’ championship events during the year and the second part of Leicester’s double head will take place on Tuesday.
The finals of the competition take place in Minehead from 21 to 23 November.
