Dave Chisnall's milestone victory on the PDC European Tour
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Chisnall defeated Ricardo Pietreczko 8-6 in the final, joining Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright as the fourth player to win eight European Tour titles.
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Hide AdPlaying his 100th European Tour event, Chisnall’s campaign began on Saturday with a three-figure average seeing him beat James Wade 6-2.
The following day brought wins over Gabriel Clemens, Peter Wright and Chris Dobey before victory against Pietreczko at the Antwerp Expo.
“I’m really happy, it means a lot to me to win this,” said Chisnall, who moves up one place to sixth on the PDC Order of Merit.
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Hide Ad“The crowd were great, they brought the best out of me all weekend.
“I’ve played a great tournament; I got lucky against Peter but, apart from that, I think I deserve to win the event.
“I will win a TV event one day, it will happen. I won’t give in until it does.”
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Hide AdThe final began with Chisnall opening up leads of 3-1 and 4-2, before Pietreczko reeled off a trio of legs to take the lead for the first time at 5-4.
Pietreczko, whose epic semi-final win over Luke Humphries saw him become the first German to reach two European Tour event finals, then took a 6-5 lead.
However, Chisnall landed checkouts of 87 and 115 to regain the advantage before a third straight leg saw him claim the £30,000 top prize.
The PDC European Tour continues with the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest from September 20-22.