Darts results: Stephen Bunting wins his maiden PDC major trophy by beating Michael van Gerwen in the Masters final

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Masters: Tournament results

FINAL

  • Stephen Bunting 11-7 Michael van Gerwen

SEMI-FINALS

  • Stephen Bunting 11-1 Nathan Aspinall
  • Michael van Gerwen 11-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh

QUARTER-FINALS

  • Stephen Bunting 10-2 Peter Wright (8)
  • (4) Nathan Aspinall 10-9 Daryl Gurney
  • (2) Michael van Gerwen 10-4 Dave Chisnall
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh 10-7 Damon Heta

ROUND TWO

  • (1) Luke Humphries 7-10 Stephen Bunting
  • (8) Peter Wright 10-8 Krzysztof Ratajski
  • (4) Nathan Aspinall 10-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
  • Daryl Gurney* 10-8 Joe Cullen
  • (2) Michael van Gerwen 10-4 Chris Dobey
  • (7) Danny Noppert 8-10 Dave Chisnall
  • (3) Michael Smith 6-10 Dimitri Van den Bergh
  • (6) Rob Cross 8-10 Damon Heta

* Daryl Gurney replaces Gerwyn Price, who withdrew for personal reasons

ROUND ONE

  • (16) Stephen Bunting 6-5 (17) Ross Smith
  • (9) Jonny Clayton 3-6 (24) Krzysztof Ratajski
  • (13) Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 (20) Ryan Searle
  • (12) Joe Cullen 6-4 (21) Josh Rock
  • (15) Chris Dobey 6-3 (18) Andrew Gilding
  • (10) Dave Chisnall 6-1 (23) Martin Schindler
  • (14) Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-1 (19) James Wade
  • (11) Damon Heta 6-2 (22) Gabriel Clemens

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