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The German Darts Grand Prix is the ninth event of the PDC European Tour and will be played from 26. - 28. May
in Sindelfingen, Germany.
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The Premier League will be played from 2. February till 25. May every Thursday.
Participants, Schedule Tournament Information |
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28. May
Cross wins in Sindelfingen
Rob Cross defeated in the final of the German Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen Luke Humphries with 8:6 and by this revenged his defeat in last year's final of the tournament against Humphries.
For Cross it was the first title on the European Tour and he decided with it his battle with Humphries for the second place
in the English World Cup team in his favour.
The semi-finals reached Damon Heta and Ross Smith.
Results
Statistics
26. May
European Tour
Today in Sindelfingen, Germany the ninth event of the European Tour began - the German Darts Grand Prix.
Again on the first day for the first round of the event only the qualifiers stood at the oche. Among them were with Pascal Rupprecht, Nico Kurz, Ricardo Petreczko, Liam Maendel-Lawrance and Gabriel Clemens five German players. Only Pascal Rupprecht and Gabriel Clemens survived the first round. They will play tomorrow against Dave Chisnall and Martin Schindler respectively - the only German among the seeds.
An afternoon - and an evening session were played.
Participants, Schedule first and second round, Results
Statistics
25. May
Van Gerwen wins Premier League
Michael van Gerwen defeated in the quite one-sided final of the Premier League Gerwyn Price with
5:11 and by this defended his Premier League title. Before he prevailed in the semi-finals over Michael Smith, who had a very slow start in the match
but managed to close the gap to 8:10. Gerwyn Price defeated in a very one-sided semi-final Jonny Clayton with 10:2 but couldn't keep up this performance in the final.
Schedule, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
24. May
PDC Premier League
Tomorrow in the O2 Arena in London the Premier League Play-Offs will take place.
The first semi-final will be an all Welsh affair between Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price. In the second semi-final reigning champion Michael van Gerwen and World Champion Michael Smith will meet.
Schedulenew
Preview Play-Offsnew
Imagery and Simulation
Imagery and Simulation are in sports approved trainigs methods of mental workout. With their aid you can
simulate you sequences of movement, imagine demanding situation and how to cope with them and much more.
The first article of the series is an introduction to the matter.
Imagery and Simulation
23. May
PDC World Cup
Two more World Cup teams were confirmed.
For Gibraltar in the third year in a row Development Tour players Craig Galliano and Justin Hewitt will take part.
For Italy debutant Massimo Dante and Michele Turetta - who gave his debut in 2021 - will stand at the oche.
PDC World Cup
PDC European Tour
At the weekend in Hildesheim several Host Nation and Associate Members qualifiers took place.
The field of participants for the event in Sindelfingen is now complete while for Trier the East Europe Qualifier has yet to take place.
For Sindelfingen by the Associate Members Qualifier Marcel Walpen uand Christian Kist qualified and by the Host Nation Qualifier Liam Maendl-Lawrance and Nico Kurz.
For Trier qualified by the Associate Members Qualifier Christian List and Darryl Pilgrim and by the Host Nation Qualifier Fabian Herz and again Liam Maendl- Lawrance.
ET 9 Sindelfingen
ET 10 Trier
World Series of Darts
The field of participants of the US Darts Masters which will take place in New York in June - is complete.
At the weekend by the qualifiers North Americans Jason Brandon and JT Davis and Canadian Jake Macmillan
qualified for the event. All three will give their TV debut at the event which is the third tournament of the World Series of Darts this year.
World Series of Darts
22. May
Cross and Clayton win in Leicester
The two Players Championships at the weekend were won by Rob Cross and Jonny Clayton.
On Saturday Rob Cross won his first title of the year. He defeated in the final of the 11. Players Championship Mike de Decker with 8:3. The semi-finals reached Radek Szaganski and Niels Zonneveld. For de Decker it was the first Pro Tour final, for Szaganski the first semi-final on the Pro Tour.
On Sunday Jonny Clayton defeated in the final of the 12. Players Championship Josh Rock with 8:5 and won his first Players Championship title in more than two years. In the semi-finals stood Damon Heta and Andrew Gilding.
Participants, Resultsnew
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after the weekend.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
19. May
PDC Pro Tour
Tomorrow and on Sunday in Leicester Players Championships 11 and 12 will take place.Tour Card holders missing the weekend will be Corey Cadby, Adrian Lewis, Mickey Mansell, John O'Shea, Christian Perez, Jeff Smith and Peter Wright. They will be replaced by players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
Participants, Results
17. May
Van den Bergh wins last Premier League League Day
The sixteenth League Day was a League Day full of surprises and won in the end by Dimitri van den Bergh. It was his first win of the season by which he moved up to the sixth
place in the ranking. Van den Bergh defeated in the quarterfinals a today luckless Michael Smith
before he got a bye in the semi-finals as Michael van Gerwen come by an injury in his quarterfinal against Chris Dobey
and withdrew from today's event. The final a freed playing van den Bergh won with 6:5 against
Gerwyn Price. Nathan Aspinall won his quarterfinal against Jonny Clayton but lost in the semi-finals to Gerwyn Price
- so Clayton got the fourth play-off place. Nothing changed at the head of the table - Gerwyn Price
goes as first in the table into the play-offs in London next week and will play in the semi-finals against Jonny Clayton. In the Second
semi-final Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen will meet.
Results
Table
Report, Statistics
PDC Premier League
Tomorrow the 16. and last League Day of Premier League will take place in Aberdeen.
In the limelight will be the quarterfinal between Jonny Clayton and Nathan Aspinall - a direct clash to decide who will get the fourth play-off place. When Clayton wins he is qualified. Aspinall on the other side needs to reach the final to qualify. Beside Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen will fight for the first place in the table. Before the League Day Price is first, World Champion Smith is second and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen is thid.
Schedulenew
Table
Preview Sixteenth League Daynew
16. May
Additions who is Who
Lee Evans, Michael Flynn, Graham Hall,
Daniel Klose, Robbie Knops,
Owen Roelofs, Pascal Rupprecht,
Dylan Slevin, Jeffrey Sparidaans,
Graham Usher, Jurjen van der Velde,
Gian van Veen, Adam Warner
and Lukas Wenig were added.
Who is Who
15. May
Wright wins in Prague
Peter Wright defeated after a brilliant finals day in the final of the Czech Darts Open Dave Chisnall with 8:6 and celebrated
his first ranking title of the year.
Wright won on finals day against Danny Noppert, reigning champion Luke Humphries and Damon Heta before he showed top form in the final as well. Chisnall reached the final with wins over Andrew Gilding, Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross. Cross defeated in the quarterfinals Michael van Gerwen.
Report Finals Daynew
PDC Women's Series
The events 7 + 8 on Sunday were won by Robyn Byrne and Mikuru Suzuki. Beau Greaves couldn't quite keep up
her perfomances she showed on the Women's Series so far and had had to be content as Fallon Sherrock - who didn't win an tournament at the weekend - with a
quarterfinal and a semi-final. Byrne defeated in her final Laura Turner, Suzuki prevailed over Noa-Lynn van Leuven.
Greaves still heads the ranking followed by Suzuki and Rhian O'Sullivan. Beside at the moment Robin Byrne, reigning champion Fallon Sherrock, Lisa Ashton, Noa-Lynn van Leuven and Kim Holden would be qualified for the World Matchplay in July. But before on 24. and 25. June another tournament weekend will take place in Hildesheim, Germany.
Participants, Results
Rankingnew
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order, the European Tour Order of Merit and the Women's Series Order of Merit were updated after the weekend.PDC Rankings
European Tour
14. May
PDC Women's Series
The first two events of the Women's Series this weekend were won by Beau Greaves and Rhian O'Sullivan, who won their finals against
Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves respectively. The semi-finals of event five reached Kirsty Hutchinson and Lisa Ashton,
in the semi-finals of the sixth event stood Aileen de Graaf and Trina Gulliver.
Today events 7 + 8 will take place.
Participants, Resultsnew
European Tour
Today is the finals day of the Czech Darts Open in Prag. In the afternoon-session the third round will take place, in the evening-session
quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final will be played.
Only two not seeded players are in Prag still in the event: local favourite Karel Sedlacek defeated in the second round Joe Cullen and will meet today in the third round Rob Cross. Kim Huybrechts was too strong for Martin Schindler as well and will play today in the second round against Damon Heta.
Finals Day, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
13. May
PDC Women's Series
This weekend the second weekend of the PDC Women's Series will take place. Today and tomorrow in Milton Keynes two events each will be played. All top players registered for the weekend - including Beau Greaves and Anastasia Dobromyslova.
Participants, Resultsnew
European Tour
Today is the second day of the Czech Darts Open in Prague. The second round will be played and the seeds will enter the tournament.
With Dalibor Smolik and Karel Sedlacek two Czech players are still in the event. Smolik will play in the afternoon against Josh Rock while Sedlacek will face tonight Joe Cullen.
An afternoon and an evening session will take place.
Second Round, Results
Statistics
12. May
European Tour
This weekend the European Tour 2023 is in Prague in the Czech Republic.
Again on the first day for the first round only qualifiers will stand at the oche. By the Host Nation Qualifier yesterday Dalibor Smolik and David Pisek qualified for the tournament. Filip Sebesta and Adam Gawlas are qualified as the in the PDC Ranking highest ranked Czech Tour Card holders, Karel Sedlacek qualified by the Toru Card Holders Qualifier. There is no Czech player among the seeds.
Michael Smith and Gary Anderson withdrew from the event. For them Dimitri van den Bergh (seeds) and Rowby-John Rodriguez (Tour Card Qualifier) move up.
An afternoon- and an evening-session will be played.
Participants, Schedule and Draw first and second round, Results
Statistics
11. May
Third Day Win in a row for Smith
On the fifteenth League Day of Premier League again Michael Smith was the dominant player. He defeated in the final Gerwyn Price
with 6:5 and secured his third day win in a row. By this he overtook Michael van Gerwen - whom he defeated in the quarterfinals -
in the league table By reaching the final Gerwyn Price got some important points for the table which he now heads with a lead of
three points on Michael Smith and five points on Michael van Gerwen.
In the battle for the fourth Play-Off place Jonny Clayton got by his win over Dimitri van den Bergh in the quarterfinals two valuable points - he is now two points ahead of Nathan Aspinal who lost his quarterfinal against Gerwyn Price.
Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri van den Bergh and Michael van Gerwen lost their quarterfinals in Sheffield.
Results
Table
Report, Statisticsnew
PDC Premier League
The 15. and penulitimate League Day of Premier League takes place in Sheffield.
The battles for the first place in the table and the fourth play-off place will dominate the night. Peter Wright, Dimitri van den Bergh and Chris Dobey have no longer a chance to qualify for the play-offs. Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith already have qualified. Head of the table Gerwyn Price is only two points clear off second of the table Michael van Gerwen. Jonny Clayton and Nathan Aspinall on the places four and five have both 22 points.
Gerwyn Price will play in the first quarterfinal against Nathan Aspinall, Chris Dobey will meet in the second quarterfinal Peter Wright. In the third match Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen will clash. Jonny Clayton and Dimitri van den Bergh will stand on stage in the fourth quarterfinal.
Schedule, Resultsnew
Preview Fifteenth League Daynew
8. May
PDC Challenge Tour
In Milton Keynes at the weekend five events of the PDC Challenge Tour were played. Most successfull player was Berry van Peer who won three
of the events and now heads the table. One tournament each won Wayne Jones and Conan Whitehead.
On the second place of the ranking follows Chris Landman who reached three quarterfinals and one semi-final at the weekend. In third place sits another Dutchman - Christian Kist.
Challenge Tour
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order, the European Tour Order of Merit and the Challenge Tour Order of Merit were updated after the weekend.PDC Rankings
European Tour
Van Gerwen wins in Wieze
Michael van Gerwen defeated in the final of the Belgian Darts Open Luke Humphries with 8:6 and for the first time in a
year won a title on the European Tour.
On finals day van Gerwen prevailed over Martin Schindler, Gary Anderson and Josh Rock before he met Humphries in the final who first played very well and was clinical on his doubles. But then he started to miss and van Gerwen used his chances. For Humphries it was already the third lost final in a row on the European Tour. He reached it with wins over Andy Baetens, Nathan Aspinall and Dirk van Duijvenbode on finals day.
Schedule Finals Day, Results
Statistics
Report Finals Daynew
6. May
European Tour
Today the second round of the Belgian Darts Open will be played. The seeds enter the tournament and will play against the
first round winners.
Two Belgian players are still in the tournament - Andy Baetens and Dimitri van den Bergh won their first round matches while Francois Schweyen and Kim Huybrechts were eliminated. Reigning champion Dave Chisnall will start his campaign today against Ricky Evans.
An afternoon - and an evening seession will take place.
Schedule Second Round, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
5. May
European Tour
This weekend the European Tour 2023 visits Wieze in Belgium.
Again on the first day of the tournament for the first round only the qualifiers will stand at the oche. By the Host Nation Qualifier yesterday Francois Schweyen and Andy Baetens qualified for the event. Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri van den Bergh qualified as the in the PDC ranking highest ranked Tour Card holders for the tournament. There is no Belgian player among the seeds.
An afternoon - and an evening seession will take place.
Participants, Draw and Schedule First and Second Round, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
Sieg für Smith in Leeds
An outstanding Michael Smith got in Manchester his second day win in a row. In the final he defeated
Jonny Clayton with 6:3 and only just missed a nine-darter. Before he won in the quarterfinals against Nathan Aspinall and in the semi-finals
against Michael van Gerwen. Clayton defeated in the quarterfinals Peter Wright and in the semi-finals Chris Dobey and is back on the fourth place of the table.
Gerwyn Price lost his quarterfinal against Michael van Gerwen but stayed at the head of the table.
Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri van den Bergh and Gerwyn Price couldn't win a point in Manchester.
Results
Table
Report, Statisticsnew
4. May
PDC Premier League
Today the Premier League travels for the 14. League Day to Manchester.
The fight for the play-off places and the fight for the first place in the table are heating up. The match between Peter Wright and Jonny Clayton opens the League Day - Wright has to win to preserve his small play-off chances. In the second quarterfinal Chris Dobey and Dimitri van den Bergh will meet - both outside the Top Four. After that Michael Smith will play against Nathan Aspinall - for both players a very important match. In the fourth quarterfinal first of the table Gerwyn Price and second of the table Michael van Gerwen will meet.
Schedule, Resultsnew
Preview Fourteenth League Daynew
2. May
PDC World Cup
More World Cup Teams were by now announced. For Hong Kong Man Lok Leung and Lok Yin Lee will play, for the
Philippines Christian Perez and
Lourence Ilagan. For Japan Jun Matsuda and Tomoya Goto will stand on stage, for Singapore again Paul Lim and Harith Lim and
for Thailand Attapol Eupakaree and Yong Gaweenuntavong.
PDC World Cup
PDC Development Tour
At the weekend in in Wigan five events of the PDC Development Tour took place. Most sucessful was young
Dutchman Gian van Veen who won two of the events and moved up to the second place of the ranking.
The other winners were Wessel Nijmann, Sebastian Bialecki and Ciaran Teehan.
Development Tour
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order, the European Tour Order of Merit and the Development Tour Order of Merit were updated after the weekand.PDC Rankings
European Tour
30. April
Chisnall wins Dutch Darts Championship
Dave Chisnall defeated in the final in Leeuwarden Luke Humphries with 8:5 and won the Dutch Darts Championship.
On his way to the final he defeated today Josh Rock, Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen who was supported by a quite unfair Dutch crowd.
Humphries reached the final with wins over Andrew Gilding, Danny Noppert
and Damon Heta.
Results Finals Daynew
Statisticsnew
29. April
European Tour
Today the second round of the event will take place in Leeuwarden in which the first round winners will play against
the seeded players.
From the Dutch qualifiers only Berry van Peer survived the first round. He will play in the evening session against Jonny Clayton. Among the seeds are with Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Michael van Gerwen three more Dutch players.
An afternoon- and an evening session will take place.
Second Round, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
28. April
European Tour
The next stop of the European Tour is Leeuwarden, where today the Dutch Darts Championship will begin - the sixth event of
this year's Tour.
Again on the first day of the tournament only the qualifiers will stand at the oche. Yesterday by the Host Nation Qualifier Martijn Dragt and Berry van Peer qualified. Jermaine Wattimena and Raymond van Barneveld were already qualified as as highest ranked Tour Card holders, Gian van Veen qualified by the Tour Card Holders Qualifier. Among the seeds are with Michael van Gerwen, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Danny Noppert three more Dutchman but they will enter the tournament not until tomorrow.
An afternoon- and an evening session will take place.
Participants, Draw and Schedule First and Second Round, Results
Statistics
27. April
Win for Smith in Leeds
Michael Smith defeated in the final of the thirteenth League Day Gerwyn Price and got his second day win of the season. By this win
he ousted Nathan Aspinall from the third place of the table. On his way to the final Smith defeated Chris Dobey and
Peter Wright. Price reached the final with wins over Jonny Clayton and Nathan Aspinall.
Chris Dobey, Michael van Gerwen,Jonny Clayton and Dimitri van den Bergh couldn't collect points in Leeds - they lost their quarterfinals.
Results
Table
Report, Statisticsnew
PDC Premier League
The thirteenth League Day will be played tonight in Leeds.
In the first quarterfinal tonight World Champion Michael Smith will play against Chris Dobey - both need a win to maintain their play-off chances. After that reigning champion Michael van Gerwen will meet Peter Wright who needs a win even more urgently. The third quarterfinal is an all Welsh affair between Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton. In the last quarterfinal Nathan Aspinall will compete with Dimitri van den Bergh. Aspinall defeated van den Bergh last week in the semi-finals.
Schedule, Resultsnew
Preview Thirteenth League Daynew
25. April
PDC News
Two times PDC World Champion Adrian Lewis takes a break from darts and will neither take part in the German Darts Grand Prix
nor play on the Pro Tour. It is not known how long the break will be or what the reasons for the decision are.
Canadian Jeff Smith won the CDC Cross Boder Challenge in which eight Americans and eight Canadians took part. In the final of the by the Canadians dominated event Smith defeated his fellow country man Jim Long with 6:0.
Luke Littler won at the weekend three from four events on the JDC Advanced Tour. Only in one event he was defeated in the final by Lewis Bell.
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order and the European Tour Order of Merit were updated after the Austrian Darts Open.PDC Rankings
European Tour
23. April
Clayton wins in Graz
Jonny Clayton defeated in Graz Josh Rock with 8:6 and for the second time won the Austrian Darts Open.
On finals day Clayton defeated Damon Heta, Joe Cullen and Daryl Gurney. Rock reached for the first
time a European Tour final. He prevailed on finals day over Mickey Mansell, Mensur Suljovic and
Michael van Gerwen.
Schedule, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
22. April
European Tour
Today on the second day of the tournament the second round will be played and the seeded players join the tournament.
Again an afternoon- and an evening session will take place.
With Mensur Suljovic and Hannes Schnier two Austrian players survived the first round. They will play today against Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall respectively. Reigning Champion Michael van Gerwen will play against John Henderson who showed a convincing performance in his first round win against Dylan Slevin.
Schedule, Resultsnew
21. April
European Tour
Today in Premstätten near Graz the Austrian Open will begin, the fifth event of the European Tour 2023.
As always on the first day of the tournament today in the first round only qualifiers will stand at the oche. Yesterday by the Host Nation Qualifier Hannes Schnier and Marcus Haider qualified while Mensur Suljovic and Rowby-John Rodriguez were already qualified as the highest ranked Austrian Tour Card holders. All four will be in action today.
An afternoon- and an evening-session will be played.
Participants, Schedule, Resultsnew
Statisticsnew
Aspinall wins in Rotterdam
Nathan Aspinall celebrated his first day win of this year's Premier League in Rotterdam. He defeated in the final Gerwyn Price
with 4:6. Aspinall reached the final with wins over Michael van Gerwen and Dimitri van den Bergh. Price defeated on his way to the final
Michael Smith and Jonny Clayton. By reaching the final Price superseded van Gerwen as head of the table
while Aspinall moved up to third place.
Chris Dobey, Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith and Peter Wright lost in Rotterdam their quarterfinals and couldn't win a point.
Results
Table
Report, Statisticsnew
20. April
PDC Premier League
Tonight the twelfth League Day of Premier League will take place in Rotterdam
The quarterfinal between Chris Dobey and Jonny Clayton will open the League Day. In the second quarterfinal Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith will meet in a replay of last week's final. Last week Gerwyn Price won 6:3. In the third quarterfinal the last two of the table will clash - Dimitri van den Bergh will play against Peter Wright. In the last quarterfinal local favourite Michael van Gerwen will play in front of his home crowd against Nathan Aspinall.
Schedule
Preview Twelfth League Daynew
18. April
Nordic and Baltic Tour
Last weekend a Nordic and Baltic Tour weekend took place. In Iceland the Pro Tour Events 5 and 6 and
the qualifiers for the European Tour Events 7, 8 and 9 were played.
Once again Marko Kantele was the most successful player of the weekend - he won the sixth Pro Tour Event and the qualifier for the ninth European Tour Event in Sindelfingen. The fifth Pro Tour Event was won by Vladimir Anderson. Dennis Nilsson qualified for the seventh European Tour Event in Wieze in Belgium, young Fin Jani Laurila will take part in the Czech Darts Open, the eighth European Tour Event.
Nordic and Baltic Tour
European Tour
Yesterday in Wigan the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers for the European Tour Events 9 and 10 in Sindelfingen and
Trier took place. Six players qualified for both Event: Gian van Veen, Raymond van Barneveld,
Jose de Sousa, Simon Whitlock, Ryan Joyce and Graham Hall. Gian van Veen threw a nine-darter during the
qualifier for the tenth event.
European Tour Event 9 Sindelfingen
European Tour Event 10 Trier
UK Open Gallery
The Gallery for this year's UK Open is finally online.
UK Open Gallery
WDF Results
Beau Greaves won at the Isle of Man Festival of Darts both women's events and both in the Isle of Man Classic and
in Isle of Man Masters she defeated in the final Rhian O'Sullivan. Luke Litter won the men's event of the Classic and Barry Copeland
the men's event of the Masters.
Paula Murphy won both the St. Patrick's Open in Missouri and the Virginia Beach Classic. Leonard Gates was the winner of the men's event of the St. Patrick's Open, while Danny Baggish won the Virginia Beach Classic.
The titles of the Budapest Masters went to Jelle Klaasen and Veronika Ihasz. Ihasz won the Budapest Classic as well, winner of the men's event was Moreno Blum. There was a twice winner of the girls events as well - both titles went to Krisztina Turai. The boys events won Andras Borbely(Masters) and Balazs Szotak (Classic). Winners of the Egypt Darts Open were Basem Mahmood from Bahrain and Sarah Makanga from Uganda. The youth titles went to Ahmed Gomaa and Maryam Hamdy Kamel - both from Egypt.
The International Youth Challenge in Austria was won by German Yorick Hofkens. The girl's event was won by Italian Aurora Fochesato.
17. April
PDC Rankings
The PDC Order of Merit, the Pro Tour Order and the Players Championship Order of Merit were updated after the Pro Tour weekend in Wigan.PDC Rankings
Pro Tour
Wins for Ratajski and van Duijvenbode in Wigan
Krysztof Ratajski and Dirk van Duijvenbode won the two Players Championships at the weekend in Wigan.
Ratajski won Players Championship 9 on Saturday. He defeated in the final Chris Landman with 8:1. In the semi-finals stood Brendan Dolan and Jonny Clayton. For Ratajski it was the first ranking title since November 2021, for Landman, one of the PDPA Associate Member replacements without a Tour Card, it was the first final on the Pro Tour.
On Sunday Dirk van Duijvenbode defeated in the final of the 10. Players Championship Jose de Sousa with 8:3 schlagen and won his third Pro Tour title pf the year. The semi-finals reached Ian White and Dimitri van den Bergh. Josh Rock and Martin Schindler threw a nine-darter.
Today in Wigan the Tour Card Holders Qualifiers for the Europen Tour Events 9 and 10 will take place.
Participants, Results
14. April
