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VINCENT VAN DER VOORT won his first PDC title with a 6-2 defeat of Wayne Jones in the final of Saturday’s German Darts Classic Players Championship in Gladbeck.

Van der Voort celebrated three years on the PDC circuit by claiming his first title in his fourth final, having lost two previous PDC ProTour events and the 2007 UK Open final.

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PHIL TAYLOR powered past Terry Jenkins 6-1 to claim Saturday’s Players Championship in Derby in his first PDC ProTour appearance of 2010.

The world number one confirmed his return to top form following a virus at the Moorways Centre in Derby, backing up a third successive Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts victory on Thursday with a devastating Players Championship win.

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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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COLIN LLOYD claimed victory in the opening Players Championship of 2010, defeating Wayne Jones 6-2 to win the StanJames.com Eddie Cox Memorial Trophy.

The world number eight claimed the £6,000 title in Gibraltar with a strong showing on Saturday, dropping only one leg in his opening two wins, against Dave Ahmet and Julian Sanchez before edging out Tony Eccles 6-5.

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GIANT-KILLER Paul Nicholson claimed his first major title with victory at the totesport.com Players Championship, dethroning Phil Taylor before overcoming Mervyn King 13-11 in the final at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

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Phil Taylor avoided a major scare from Terry Jenkins to earn his place in the quarter-finals of the totesport.com Players Championship on Saturday night.

Taylor, the reigning champion in the £250,000 event, was pushed to deciding leg by Jenkins before prevailing 8-7 to set up a quarter-final with Colin Lloyd on Sunday.

Jenkins led Taylor 4-3 midway through the contest, but a 160 finish helped the world number one to regain the lead, and he proved too strong as the game went to a deciding leg.

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COLIN LLOYD made a thrilling comeback to defeat Kevin Painter 8-4 with an impressive performance in the totesport.com Players Championship on Saturday afternoon.

Lloyd hit back from 4-2 down to win six successive legs in booking a quarter-final place at the Circus Tavern, prevailing in a high-quality battle of the Essex-born stars.

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MERVYN KING produced a sensational comeback to send world number three James Wade crashing out of the totesport.com Players Championship on Friday night with a 6-5 victory.

King looked set to depart the Circus Tavern on the back of a hiding when left-hander Wade powered into a 5-2 lead in their clash.

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PHIL TAYLOR began the defence of his totesport.com Players Championship title with victory over Peter Manley as the £250,000 event began on Thursday night.

Taylor returned to the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex – the scene of 11 of his 15 World Championship triumphs – to see off old adversary Manley 6-2.

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PHIL TAYLOR will face Peter Manley in the first round of the totesport.com Players Championship on Thursday January 28.

World number one Taylor, the reigning champion in the £250,000 event, will take on his long-time rival at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet in a repeat of three World Championship finals the pair contested at the famous venue.

Their game will be played amongst eight first round clashes on the opening night of the ITV4-televised totesport.com Players Championship on Thursday January 28.

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