Gerwyn Value sees off Chris Dobey, Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall to win in Cardiff ; OVO Hydro, Glasgow hosts the third of 17 particular person venues on Thursday, February 16 with the Play-Offs returning to The O2 in London on Thursday, Might 25

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Gerwyn Value loved a dream homecoming in Cardiff on Thursday. Check out the most effective of the motion…

Gerwyn Value made it an evening to recollect on his homecoming in Cardiff because the Welshman defeated Nathan Aspinall to win on Evening Two of the Premier League.

Value, roared on by a sell-out crowd on the Cardiff Worldwide Enviornment, celebrated wins over Chris Dobey, Michael van Gerwen and Aspinall to cap off a fairy-tale return on residence soil.

The 2021 world champion – sporting his nationwide colors – avenged his Evening One defeat to ‘The Asp’ to assert the utmost 5 league factors and scoop the £10,000 bonus prize within the Welsh capital.

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Value was absorbing the love from the Cardiff crowd after profitable an epic night time of darts

“Actually I cherished each minute of it. It isn’t fairly often I get this. I am soaking all of it up,” mentioned an emotional Value, who’s stage on 5 factors alongside Dobey, Van Gerwen and Aspinall.

“I am misplaced for phrases. I do not get this reception fairly often, so I recognize each little bit of assist. It was implausible.

“How did I win in opposition to Michael (van Gerwen)? Michael outplayed me, however I’ve misplaced video games like that earlier than.

“The gang obtained me over the road tonight. I am not in the most effective of type. I used to be enjoying nicely earlier than I used to be sick on the Masters after which I began feeling sorry for myself.

“I am nonetheless not 100 per cent, however I felt higher tonight, and hopefully over the subsequent couple of weeks I’ll get my type again.”

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The Welshman received a dramatic last-leg decider in his semi-final in opposition to Van Gerwen

Earlier within the night time, Value opened his Premier League account with a battling last-leg win over Evening One winner Dobey, in a contest bookended by 12-darters from the house favorite.

The Welshman then got here by way of a scintillating semi-final tussle in opposition to Van Gerwen, surviving two match darts in a dramatic last-leg decider to progress with a 13-dart break.

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Value beats Chris Dobey in an exciting last-leg shootout within the quarter-finals

Van Gerwen averaged 110.75 in defeat – nearly 14 factors greater than Value – however the three-time Grand Slam champion held his nerve in an exciting finale.

Aspinall, in the meantime, kicked off his Cardiff marketing campaign with a 6-3 success in opposition to Peter Wright, firing in seven 180s and sealing the take care of a chic 10-darter, regardless of struggling a bounce-out halfway by way of the leg.

The Stockport star then defeated Michael Smith in an exciting final 4 tussle, defying 121, 137 and 148 finishes from the world champion by wrapping up victory with a shocking 136 checkout of his personal.

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Michael Smith nailed this magnificent 137 end throughout his semi-final defeat to Aspinall

In Thursday’s different quarter-finals, Smith posted a ton-plus common to disclaim Jonny Clayton a dream homecoming, whereas Van Gerwen toppled Dimitri Van den Bergh in a repeat of their opening night time semi-final to make it eight consecutive wins over the Belgian.

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Excited followers welcomed Value right into a ‘cauldron of noise’ earlier than his opening match in opposition to Dobey

The place are we heading subsequent?

The Premier League roadshow heads to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on Thursday, February 16 for Evening Three of the league part.

Wright headlines the motion as he bids to ignite his marketing campaign in opposition to Van den Bergh.

Elsewhere, Value takes on world champion Smith, Aspinall and six-time winner Van Gerwen collide in a repeat of October’s World Grand Prix closing, whereas Clayton and Dobey additionally lock horns.

We’re again for extra Premier League Darts motion from the OVO Hydro, Glasgow on Thursday, February 16 – reside on Sky Sports activities Combine from 7pm.