Humphries comes from behind to beat Wattimena and win Players Championship 17

[p]The match looked to be going [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wattimena-jermaine/0hcDtau6/"]Wattimena[/a]'s way as the Dutchman raced into a 2-0 lead, but 'Cool Hand' held firm to secure his second ProTour title this year.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/humphries-luke/n34VOAWo/"]Humphries[/a] averaged 104.74 across the tournament and finished with an average just under 105 in the final, underlining a return to form ahead of next week’s Premier League play-offs in London.[/p][embed guid="6e50c0e8-e501-45f8-ba50-fab763cddccf" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2056434497021698460?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]“When it clicks for me, it clicks for me. When it does, I think people see I’m one of the best players in the world," [/b]Humphries said.[/p][p][b]“It sets a standard for myself. I can do this a lot more. It’s just up to me to provide it a lot more than I do.[/b][/p][p][b]“I remember thinking throughout parts of the day that I felt like I just couldn’t miss, and that’s always a dangerous person when you feel like that.”[/b][/p][p]Humphries started his day with a 6-3 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/griffin-rhys/S8j8Q7R4/"]Rhys Griffin[/a], averaging 112.18, before posting further ton-plus averages against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hofkens-yorick/6VA191Xq/"]Yorick Hofkens[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hood-justin/MRZVHFYR/"]Justin Hood[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kist-christian/S0zvtm0H/"]Christian Kist[/a].[/p][p]'Cool Hand' then beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nijman-wessel/xCX137Ee/"]Wessel Nijman[/a] 6-3 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noppert-danny/YmMfGEz0/"]Danny Noppert[/a] 7-2 to reach the final.[/p][p]Wattimena’s route included wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bunting-stephen/xANKMtPG/"]Stephen Bunting[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doets-kevin/I14LCcyQ/"]Kevin Doets[/a], averaging more than 111 in his semi-final victory over the latter.[/p][h2]Results[/h2][p][b]Last 16[/b][/p][p]Wessel Nijman 6-5 Andrew Gilding[/p][p]Luke Humphries 6-2 Christian Kist[/p][p]Rob Owen 6-2 Maik Kuivenhoven[/p][p]Danny Noppert 6-3 Ryan Searle[/p][p]Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Ross Smith[/p][p]Kevin Doets 6-2 Ross Smith[/p][p]Stephen Bunting 6-5 Damon Heta[/p][p]Jermaine Wattimena 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh[/p][p][b]Quarter-finals[/b][/p][p]Luke Humphries 6-3 Wessel Nijman[/p][p]Danny Noppert 6-5 Rob Owen[/p][p]Kevin Doets 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode[/p][p]Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Stephen Bunting[/p][p][b]Semi-finals[/b][/p][p]Luke Humphries 7-3 Danny Noppert[/p][p]Jermaine Wattimena 7-2 Kevin Doets[/p][p][b]Final[/b][/p][p]Luke Humphries 8-4 Jermaine Wattimena[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/darts/world/players-championship-17/"]Catch up on PC17 with Flashscore[/a][/h2]