Darts results: Michael Smith maintains hot streak with a fifth title of the season in Players Championship 16

It's the third Players Championship he's picked up in a row during this hot streak of form while he also won the recent US Darts Masters and last month's Dutch Darts Masters on the European Tour.

Smith has won 38 of his last 44 matches in all competitions, which included his long-awaited victory on the final night of the Premier League Darts regular season.

The World Championship runner-up boasted a tournament average of over 100 and landed 28 maximums across the afternoon to clinch his 19th PDC title.

Smith posted four ton-topping averages in scooping the £12,000 top prize in Niedernhausen, and he produced a stunning display to topple Van Duijvenbode 8-6 in an astonishing final.

The Dutchman averaged 107.29 and landed seven 180s, but he was denied a third PDC ranking title by an inspired Smith, who averaged 105.58 and converted three ton-plus finishes.