Stevenson defeated the New Zealander ...to seal his place in Champions Week as well as collecting the first prize.  

Huybrechts'... performance served as an unequivocal declaration of intent, emphatically underlining his credentials as a ... resurgent contender

...each harbouring grandiose ambitions of either etching their name onto the German Darts Grand Prix roll of honour or augmenting their existing tally.