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PHIL TAYLOR’S success in Las Vegas continued with victory over Denis Ovens in the final of Sunday’s PDC US Open Players Championship.

Taylor followed up Saturday’s World Cricket Championship win by taking the £6,000 first prize in the first of three successive PDC ProTour events being held during the New Tropicana World Series of Darts Festival.

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BARRIE BATES won his first tournament since 2006 with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Denis Ovens in Saturday’s Players Championship final.

The Welshman picked up three titles and reached the UK Open four years ago in his most successful period of form and, having overcome his foot problems, enjoyed his best run since to claim the £6,000 title at the K2 Centre in Crawley.

He overcame some leading names in the process, defeating seeded players Co Stompe and Jamie Caven to reach the last 16, where he overcame his fellow countryman Richie Burnett 6-3.

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DENIS OVENS won his first PDC Pro tour event since 2007 with victory over Gary Anderson in the final of Sunday’s Gibraltar Players Championship.

Ovens claimed the £6,000 title with a fine day of darts in the Tercentenary Sports Hall, picking up his first win in two-and-a-half years and reaching a final for the first time in 16 months.

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TERRY JENKINS held off the challenge of Denis Ovens to secure a narrow 14-12 stanjames.com World Matchplay victory on Thursday afternoon.

The world number six and 2007 World Matchplay runner-up looked set to power into the last eight when he led 5-1 and 10-5 against Ovens.

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Alex Roy won his first title since March 2005 with a final-leg triumph over Denis Ovens in the Scottish Players Championship.

Roy claimed a dramatic victory at the Magnum Centre in Irvine to claim the £5,000 title – and a Players Championship qualifying place in the European Championship at the end of the month.
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DENIS OVENS won the Ireland Open Classic Players Championship at Castlebar with a 3-0 victory in the final against Colin Osborne. Ovens recorded his first tournament victory since March 2005 with the triumph, also erasing the memory of his loss to Phil Taylor in the Ireland Open Classic final of two years ago.
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So far the most comprehensive win was todays James Wade’s 10-1 demolition of Denis Ovens in the opening match.
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