Thursday, June 5

Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski ends a two-year wait for another victory on the PDC Tour by prevailing in Monday's Players Championship 15 event.

Krzysztof Ratajski has prevailed in Monday's Players Championship 15 event with victory over Dave Chisnall in the final.

Prior to the tournament in Hildesheim, the Pole had not won a PDC event for over two years and had suffered seven successive first-round exits in floor competitions.

However, the 48-year-old produced his best darts for some time to seal one of the best wins of his career, capping it with an 8-4 success over Chisnall.

After the Englishman had won the first leg, Ratajski put together a run of 15, 14, 15 and 12 darts to move into a 4-1 lead before Chisnall stopped the rot with a 10-darter.

Although the second seed reduced the deficit to 4-3, his 28th-seeded opponent reeled off four of the next five legs, securing the title with an 86 checkout.

Earlier in the day, he had come through last-leg deciders against Jamai van den Herik and Ross Smith, while he also defeated Scott Williams 7-4 in the final.

Up until the final, Chisnall had been the star performer of the day, beating Joe Cullen, Mike De Decker and Danny Noppert from the last 16 onwards.

🗣️ "In the back of my head, I knew I had a chance to get to the World Matchplay, this is a very big first step towards that!"

Krzysztof Ratajski reflects on his #PC15 victory which puts The Polish Eagle back into the World Matchplay spots.

📺 https://t.co/YyBPPwoMK8#PC15 pic.twitter.com/GGFrxwTWBG

— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) May 12, 2025

Another early exit for Van Gerwen

Meanwhile, Michael van Gerwen again bowed out in the first round as he went down by a 6-5 scoreline to Dominik Gruellich.

As a result, he sits down in 93rd place in the Players Championship rankings. Damon Heta and Peter Wright were also among the last-128 losers.

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