Baltic Sea Darts Open: Luke Woodhouse wins first European Tour title again with victory over Ryan Joyce | Arrow News
Luke Woodhouse claimed the second PDC Tour title of his career – just 12 days after winning his first – with an 8-4 victory over Ryan Joyce in the final of the Baltic Sea Darts Open in Germany.
Fresh from beating Andrew Gilding on May 19 in the final of the Players Championship 18 in Leicester, Woodhouse has quickly added a European Tour title to his name after a fantastic weekend in Kiel.
Woodhouse, 37, made his PDC debut in 2013 and had played nearly 400 tour tournaments before claiming his first title. Now you have two in quick succession.
After defeating Jimmy van Schie 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Sunday evening, Woodhouse ousted Ricky Evans 7-2 in their semi-final before opening the final against Joyce to lead his fellow Englishman 3-0.
And when Joyce returned to the game, Woodhouse raced again as he led 5-3 and finally closed out the match with an impressive 160 in the 12th leg.
“It’s like buses. You wait for one for years, then two come at the same time!” said Woodhouse of his rapid fire title win.
“That was a tough match. I don’t think Ryan and I played our best shots, but I’ll take it 100 percent.
“I felt that this was a good opportunity for both of us and I didn’t want to let it pass me by, so I tried to focus and luckily today I came out on top.”
Woodhouse, who was beaten 8-3 by Stephen Bunting in the European Tour’s only semi-final at last year’s Swiss Darts Trophy, added: “I’m really enjoying my darts at the moment, and to win this is unbelievable. It’s huge.”
“Hopefully I can kick now. The World Cup is just around the corner, so hopefully my confidence will go with that.”
Woodhouse was one of only four seeds left in the tournament going into the last eight on Sunday evening.
Gian van Veen and James Wade – the top two ranked players in the game – were previously the last seeds to fall when they lost their third round matches to Dave Chisnall and Ricky Evans respectively.
Chisnall went on to lose 6-1 to Joyce in the quarter-finals. Joyce then eliminated Damon Heta 7-6 in the last four.
Elten Safety Shoes Baltic Sea Darts Open results
Sunday Evening Session
Quarter-Final
Luke Woodhouse 6-3 Jimmy van Schie
Ricky Evans 6-3 Kevin Doets
Damon Heta 6-2 Wessel Nijman
Ryan Joyce 6-1 Dave Chisnall
Semi-finalist
Luke Woodhouse 7-2 Ricky Evans
Ryan Joyce 7-6 Damon Heta
Finally
Luke Woodhouse 8-4 Ryan Joyce
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