Dave Chisnall wins Hungarian Darts Trophy despite Luke Humphries nine-darter
Dave Chisnall, who earlier on Sunday defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in his quarter-final and Scott Williams 7-5 in the last four, secured his third European Tour win of the season in Hungary
Monday 25 September 2023 11:31, UK
Dave Chisnall won the Hungarian Darts Trophy after a thrilling 8-7 win against Luke Humphries, who produced a nine-dart finish in the final in Budapest.
Chisnall, who earlier on Sunday defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in his quarter-final and Scott Williams 7-5 in the last four, secured his third European Tour win of the season.
Humphries beat Luke Woodhouse 6-0 before a 7-4 last-four victory over Gerwyn Price, but despite his nine-dart heroics in the final he fell to another agonising defeat to bogey-man Chisnall.
Chisnall had beaten Humphries in the finals of both the Baltic Sea Darts Open and Dutch Darts Championship earlier this year.
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Successive 81 checkouts by Chisnall, which had both followed 180s, drew him level at 3-3 in the final and a 146-finish saw him edge 5-4 ahead.
Humphries pulled off his nine-dart finish to level it up again at 5-5 and led 7-6, but Chisnall broke his throw to force a nerve-jangling decider and kept his cool to land double 12 for victory.
