Wright wins on dramatic day five of Summer Series
Peter Wright comfortably won the PDC Summer Series day five final.
The world champion defeated Gerwyn Price 8-2 to win his first title of the week and finish top of the Summer Series Order of Merit.
Away from this, it was a dramatic day, with the race for World Matchplay qualification going down to the wire. The main developments saw:
- a game of the year contender between Gerwyn Price and Devon Petersen
- plenty of unexpected runs
- no one break the Pro Tour top 16 Matchplay qualifiers
All right for Wright
After reaching the final on Wednesday against Michael van Gerwen, the world number two came into the final day of the Summer Series wanting to win a title.
After receiving a bye into round 2, Snakebite had to mark the first game on Board 9, which he admitted was the most nerve wracking moment of the day.
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Wright started his day with a 6-4 victory over Jelle Klassen, then a 6-2 win v Darren Webster to make the last 16. A 6-1 defeat of Brendan Dolan saw him into the quarter finals, averaging 102.6 in the process.
Snakebite then beat Nathan Aspinall 6-5 in the quarter finals, and followed it up with a 109 average against Wayne Jones to win his semi final 7-2.
It set up the final against Price, and the world champion punished missed doubles from the Welshman early on. He won five straight legs to go 5-1 up. Despite Price getting a leg back, Wright easily won the three legs required to take his third title of 2020.
Speaking after his win, Wright told Online Darts: “Obviously playing Michael [van Gerwen] on the first day was really good. He’ll have to play me in the final [of the Matchplay], whether he thinks I’m a threat or not.”
Wright also addressed why he’s starting to wear glasses, saying: “The eye sight is starting to go bad in the last two weeks. I thought it’s the best time to do it before TV, and it seemed to work alright, didn’t it?”
The Price is almost right
After a mixed bag of results throughout the week, Sunday was the best day for Gerwyn Price in Milton Keynes.
The Welshman averaged over 100 in every game he played before the final. After also getting a bye in round 1, he beat:
- William O’Connor 6-0 in round 2
- Darius Labanauskas 6-1 in round 3, averaging 113.1
- Jose De Sousa 6-5, where both players averaged 102
- yesterday’s winner James Wade 6-1
That set up a semi final against Devon Petersen, which became the game of the week. Both players hit 11 180s between them, and Petersen hit a 170 finish as he bid to make the World Matchplay. Ultimately though, he missed match darts in the deciding leg, with Price coming out on top 7-6 in an utter classic. Price averaged 102, with Petersen averaging a staggering 113.5.
That game seemed to take it out of The Iceman. Although he went 1-0 up in the final , he could not replicate his semi final performance against Wright. He will be back in Milton Keynes next week though for the World Matchplay.
What else happened?
Day five of the Summer Series saw more dramatic action.
Devon Petersen almost made it to his debut World Matchplay. He knocked out among others:
- Michael van Gerwen
- Daryl Gurney
- fellow World Matchplay hopeful John Henderson
He failed in the semi final stage though, losing one of the games of the year to Price.
Elsewhere, there were no changes to the Pro Tour qualifiers for the Matchplay, as closest challengers Ryan Searle, Stephen Bunting and Steve West all fell in round one.
Sunday also saw:
- Wayne Jones make a semi final
- Scott Baker make a quarter final
- Madars Razma, Mike De Decker, Mickey Mansell and Dirk van Duijvenbode all win their boards
View the full World Matchplay draw.
PDC Summer Series Day Five Results
FINAL
Peter Wright 8-2 Gerwyn Price
SEMI FINALS
Gerywn Price 7-6 Devon Petersen
Peter Wright 7-2 Wayne Jones
QUARTER FINALS
Gerwyn Price 6-1 James Wade
Devon Petersen 6-3 John Henderson
Peter Wright 6-5 Nathan Aspinall
Wayne Jones 6-0 Scott Baker
ROUND 4
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Jose De Sousa
James Wade 6-3 Chris Dobey
John Henderson 6-5 Mickey Mansell
Devon Petersen 6-3 Daryl Gurney
Peter Wright 6-1 Brendan Dolan
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Scott Baker 6-0 Madars Razma
Wayne Jones 6-4 Mike De Decker
ROUND 3
Gerwyn Price 6-1 Darius Labanauskas
Jose De Sousa 6-1 Danny Noppert
James Wade 6-4 Alan Tabern
Chris Dobey 6-1 Matthew Edgar
John Henderson 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Mickey Mansell 6-4 William Borland
Devon Petersen 6-1 Christian Bunse
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Jamie Hughes
Peter Wright 6-2 Darren Webster
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Jermaine Wattimena
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Robert Thornton
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 Martijn Kleermaker
Madars Razma 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Scott Baker 6-3 Michael Smith
Mike De Decker 6-5 Peter Jacques
Wayne Jones 6-3 Robert Collins
ROUND 2
Gerwyn Price 6-0 William O’Connor
Darius Labanauskas 6-4 Steve Lennon
Jose De Sousa 6-2 Joe Murnan
Danny Noppert 6-4 Matthew Dennant
James Wade 6-4 Scott Mitchell
Alan Tabern 6-5 Karel Sedlacek
Chris Dobey 6-5 Ross Smith
Matthew Edgar 6-4 Gary Anderson
Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Callan Rydz
John Henderson 6-4 Matt Clark
William Borland 6-1 Maik Kuivenhoven
Mickey Mansell 6-5 Simon Whitlock
Devon Petersen 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
Christian Bunse 6-2 Steve Beaton
Daryl Gurney 6-1 Harry Ward
Jamie Hughes 6-4 Bradley Brooks
Peter Wright 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
Darren Webster 6-2 Andy Boulton
Brendan Dolan 6-5 Gavin Carlin
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Arjan Konterman
Nathan Aspinall 6-0 Ron Meulenkamp
Robert Thornton 6-3 Richard North
Martijn Kleermaker 6-3 Boris Krcmar
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Ryan Joyce
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Krzysztof Kciuk
Madars Razma 6-3 Geert Nentjes
Michael Smith 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Scott Baker 6-5 Carl Wilkinson
Peter Jacques 6-4 Ian White
Mike De Decker 6-5 Keegan Brown
Wayne Jones 6-4 Glen Durrant
Robert Collins 6-4 Jeffrey De Zwaan
ROUND 1
William O’Connor 6-2 Nathan Rafferty
Darius Labanauskas 6-5 Stephen Bunting
Steve Lennon 6-5 Ciaran Teehan
Jose De Sousa 6-3 Jan Dekker
Joe Murnan 6-1 Graham Usher
Danny Noppert 6-5 Jason Lowe
Matthew Dennant 6-1 Scott Waites
James Wade 6-5 Reece Robinson
Scott Mitchell 6-2 Ryan Murray
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Alan Tabern 6-2 Mike van Duivenbode
Ross Smith 6-4 Joe Cullen
Chris Dobey 6-4 Jeff Smith
Gary Anderson 6-5 James Wilson
Matthew Edgar 6-5 Kai Fan Leung
Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Steve Brown
Callan Rydz 6-4 Martin Atkins (Wigan)
John Henderson 6-4 Ricky Evans
Matt Clark 6-2 Simon Stevenson
William Borland 6-3 Rob Cross
Maik Kuivenhoven 6-2 Jitse Van der Wal
Mickey Mansell 6-2 Jonny Clayton
Simon Whitlock 6-3 Nick Kenny
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Ryan Meikle
Devon Petersen 6-3 Lisa Ashton
Steve Beaton 6-3 Mark McGeeney
Christian Bunse 6-2 Michael Barnard
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Ted Evetts
Harry Ward 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Bradley Brooks 6-2 Conan Whitehead
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Adam Hunt
Darren Webster 6-1 Kim Huybrechts
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Josh Payne
Gavin Carlin 6-4 Steve West
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Barrie Bates
Arjan Konterman 6-3 David Pallett
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ron Meulenkamp 6-4 Andy Hamilton
Richard North 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Robert Thornton 6-4 Max Hopp
Boris Krcmar 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Martijn Kleermaker 6-2 Cameron Menzies
Ryan Joyce 6-2 Vincent Van der Meer
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Kirk Shepherd
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-1 Gary Blades
Krzysztof Kciuk 6-2 Nathan Derry
Geert Nentjes 6-0 Ryan Searle
Madars Razma 6-1 Mervyn King
Michael Smith 6-1 Benito van de Pas
Luke Woodhouse 6-3 Darren Penhall
Carl Wilkinson 6-5 Gabriel Clemens
Scott Baker 6-5 Harald Leitinger
Ian White 6-3 Neils Zonneveld
Peter Jacques 6-3 Martin Schindler
Keegan Brown 6-1 James Hubbard
Mike De Decker 6-3 Jonathan Worsley
Glen Durrant 6-1 Derk Telenkes
Wayne Jones 6-3 Adrian Gray
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-5 Ryan Hogarth
Robert Collins 6-5 Aaron Beeney
N.B. Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Jamie Hughes and Andy Boulton receive a bye into round 2.