PDC Players Championship Finals: Michael van Gerwen beats Rob Cross to win seventh title

Victory has earned Michael van Gerwen the £100,000 apical prize

Michael van Gerwen bushed Rob Cross 11-6 to triumph his seventh PDC Players Championship Finals rubric successful 10 years.

Van Gerwen averaged 99.92 and made 8 180s, with his triumph implicit England's Cross besides marking his 150th PDC title.

"I'm present to triumph tournaments," helium told ITV Sport successful Minehead.

"I emotion winning, I emotion performing connected the stage, and past to nutrient thing extra, thing peculiar successful a last similar this, it gives maine a batch of energy."

Van Gerwen had earlier beaten England's Luke Humphries 11-5 successful his semi-final, successful which helium won 8 of the past 10 legs and averaged 101.59.

He past defeated Cross to unafraid his 5th televised rubric of 2022, with the World Grand Prix, the Premier League and World Matchplay among his victories.

"It's been an astonishing play but it was Michael's night," said Cross. "Mike was phenomenal.

"Once I started to find my feet and find a fewer 180s, it could person been a small spot antithetic but I missed chances and missed doubles."

The Players Championship is the past large tourney earlier the PDC World Darts Championship, which takes spot astatine Alexandra Palace from 14 December-2 January.

Van Gerwen is simply a three-time PDC satellite champion, past winning the crown successful 2019.

"If radical privation to bushed me, they person to play well. If I play my game, they cannot bushed maine and they cognize it," helium added.

"But I person to amusement what I can, whether it's Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, whoever, I privation to amusement what I can. I'm there, I did my happening this year, I've won a batch of tournaments and present I person to amusement it besides astatine the World Championship. That's what it is."

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