Joe Cullen heeft afgelopen zondag zijn eerste European Tour titel gepakt nadat hij Michael van Gerwen met 8-5 versloeg in de finale van de European Darts Matchplay in Mannheim.
CULLEN: ''To beat Michael in the final is amazing, it's the biggest moment in my career, it's great.
Michael is the consummate professional, he's so gracious in defeat and victory. Me and Michael are good friends and he congratulated me wholeheartedly.
It was just one of those weekends. For us mere mortals, we're not Michael, the stage is where we all play really well or play really bad and Michael has set the standard.
I've been threatening to win a tournament for a while and this weekend I believed I was going to win it. It genuinely believed it. I couldn't see that anyone could beat me today."
European Darts Matchplay 2019
Zondag 8 september
Derde ronde
Middagsessie
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Adrian Lewis
Rob Cross 6-4 Daryl Gurney
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Ricky Evans
Jonny Clayton 6-5 Ian White
James Wade 6-5 Wayne Jones
Joe Cullen 6-3 William O'Connor
Glen Durrant 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Avondsessie
Kwartfinales
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Rob Cross
James Wade 6-4 Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen 6-2 Glen Durrant
Halve Finales
Michael van Gerwen 7-1 Davce Chisnall
Joe Cullen 7-5 James Wade
Finale
Joe Cullen 8-5 Michael van Gerwen
© Foto: Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)