James Wade clinches maiden World Series title with Australian Darts Masters triumph

[p]The success was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wade-james/MRrXjBAB/"]Wade[/a]'s first televised title since he won the 2021 UK Open. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klinge-brody/UoZMGUEF/"]Klinge[/a], playing in only his second World Series event, averaged 104.56 in defeat.[/p][p]Wade broke early in the final with an 11-darter to lead 2-0, but Klinge responded with a 12-dart leg to level at 2-2.[/p][p]Wade then took four legs in a row, including a hat-trick of 13-darters, to open a 6-2 lead. Klinge won three consecutive legs, landing a 140 checkout, to close to 6-5, before Wade took out 76 in the 12th leg and punished two missed doubles from his opponent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/darts/klinge-b-UoZMGUEF/wade-j-MRrXjBAB/summary/stats/?mid=xWZCdgvB"]to seal the win[/a].[/p][embed guid="dbeecaf3-8a97-42b0-855d-f7548fe55a70" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2091191839999336568" social-type="twitter" /][p]Wade had earlier recovered from 5-2 down against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bunting-stephen/xANKMtPG/"]Stephen Bunting[/a] in the quarter-finals, hitting a 164 checkout on his way to a 6-5 win, before defeating top seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/price-gerwyn/8dDDoW0B/"]Gerwyn Price[/a] 7-4 in the semi-finals with eight maximums and an average of just over 101.[/p][p]On Friday, he had averaged 112.73 in a 6-0 opening-round win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pusey-tim/Mc6GDN26/"]Tim Pusey[/a].[/p][p]Klinge reached the final with wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smith-ross/l8mIsYNm/"]Ross Smith[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-veen-gian/jgT1AT29/"]Gian van Veen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clayton-jonny/tx0y2xRD/"]Jonny Clayton[/a]. The Australian saved two match darts before beating Smith in a deciding leg in the first round, then knocked out world number two Van Veen in the quarter-finals.[/p][embed guid="2bd9d708-2777-41e8-a8ad-6f5ce6c28b10" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWSIhxCpI8" social-type="youtube" /][p]He averaged almost 102 in the semi-finals against Clayton, taking out 170 to end the New Zealand Masters champion's bid for back-to-back Oceanic titles.[/p][p][b]"It's been a while since I've won something," [/b]said Wade. [b]"My children always say to me: 'Daddy can you get a trophy?' I have to keep buying them. I really enjoyed myself this weekend, and to win the title in Australia is even better."[/b][/p][embed guid="fa43e7c7-8179-4101-b9ac-26786919c12d" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2091184269691396557" social-type="twitter" /][p]Klinge said: [b]"It's been absolutely amazing. The crowd have been behind me the whole time and I've really enjoyed the whole experience. Every opportunity that comes my way I'll try and take it."[/b][/p][p]In the other semi-final, Clayton had beaten Australian number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heta-damon/GYfQQCI6/"]Damon Heta[/a] 6-3, while Price reached the last four with a 6-2 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rock-josh/xKxxNY1P/"]Josh Rock[/a].[/p][p]The World Series of Darts Finals conclude the season in Amsterdam, with a 32-player field competing at AFAS Live from September 17th to 20th. Six-time champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-gerwen-michael/SU4UkKsm/"]Michael van Gerwen[/a] will aim to retain the title, with world number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/littler-luke/0URN6Xks/"]Luke Littler[/a] also in the field.[/p]