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Fraser Watson

Michael van Gerwen mounts incredible comeback to beat Peter Wright and claim Player's Championship title

Michael van Gerwen was the comeback king in Saturday's Player's Championship as he overturned a 4-0 deficit in the final against Peter Wright.

'The Green Machine' won the last Player's event in Niedernhausen, Germany, last Sunday, and dug deep in Barnsley for a second successive title. It represented his third tournament triumph of the year, to go with his European Tour event win in March.

Van Gerwen, 32, went in off the back of a difficult night at the latest Premier League event on Thursday, losing 6-2 to James Wade in the opening match. Afterwards, the three-time world champion lamented the "amateur" conditions, complaining he was disrupted by a cold draught throughout.

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