Neil Duff: Northern Ireland man wins WDF World Championship title
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Duff beat Thibault Tricole 6-5 in the final
Northern Ireland's Neil Duff has won the WDF World Championship, beating Thibault Tricole of France 6-5 in the final.
The 49-year-old finished with a double 20 to win the 11th set 3-0 in a tight final at Lakeside.
Tricole made a bright start to the decider and took a 2-0 lead, and also led 3-1 before Duff came back to go 4-3 up.
Duff led 5-4 before Tricole levelled again to take it into a final set.
Duff had beaten Richard Veenstra in the semi-finals, having earlier beaten Scotland's Jim McEwan in the quarters.
It was the inaugural WDF World Championship, having replaced the now-defunct British Darts Organisation's event.
Earlier, 18-year-old Beau Greaves took the women's title by beating Kirsty Hutchinson 4-0 to become the youngest world champion in darts history.