Mensur Suljovic Fan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:04 pm What's the best an Eastern European/Nordic-Baltic qualifier has done? Anyone got past the last 8? Obviously Ratajski had that year where he qualified for almost everything, but I don't remember him ever going on a particularly deep run ever

I am pretty confident in saying no player from east-europe or no baltic player ever reached the quarterfinal on the eurotour before

Ratajski made the QFs of the Dutch Darts Masters in 2017.

So what's the matches left?

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:00 pm So what's the matches left?

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 Ted Evetts
Rob Cross 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Karel Sedlacek 5-6 Max Hopp
Joe Cullen 1-6 Simon Whitlock

Semi-Finals (13legs)
Michael van Gerwen v Rob Cross
Max Hopp v Simon Whitlock

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Mensur Suljovic Fan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:04 pm What's the best an Eastern European/Nordic-Baltic qualifier has done? Anyone got past the last 8? Obviously Ratajski had that year where he qualified for almost everything, but I don't remember him ever going on a particularly deep run ever

Dennis Nilsson and Kim Viljanen have both reached an ET Quarter-Final having qualified via the Nordic/Baltic Qualifier. I can’t recall anyone reaching the semis or beyond though.

Monday April 22
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Third Round

Michael van Gerwen (106.13) 6 (11) 1 (88.76) Stephen Bunting
Ricky Evans (99.44) 4 (11) 6 (95.83)Ted Evetts
Rob Cross (110.98) 6 (11) 5 (101.91)Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljovic (94.29) 6 (11) 5 (100.14) Dave Chisnall
Karel Sedlacek (96.55) 6 (11) 5 (90.02) Darren Webster
Kim Huybrechts (92.60) 3 (11) 6 (96.46) Max Hopp
Ritchie Edhouse (79.83) 4 (11) 6 (84.15) Joe Cullen
Ross Smith (85.97) 4 (11) 6 (93.33) Simon Whitlock

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)
Quarter-Finals

Michael van Gerwen (91.92) 6 (11) 5 (96.92) Ted Evetts
Rob Cross (105.28) 6 (11) 5 (96.60) Mensur Suljovic
Karel Sedlacek (89.70) 5 (11) 6 (91.34) Max Hopp
Joe Cullen (87.16) 1 (11) 6 (92.36) Simon Whitlock

Semi-Finals

Michael van Gerwen (93.81) 7 (13) 1 (89.23) Rob Cross
Max Hopp (92.51) 6 (13) 7 (90.50) Simon Whitlock

Final

Michael van Gerwen (106.45) 8 (15) 3 (94.38) Simon Whitlock

Thrilling final.

ChrisW wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:10 pmThrilling final.

Whitlock will be very happy to show the class to take advantage of the friendly draw and bank 10 grand.

Others will be disappointed to fail to take their opportunities.

There was some surprises, like Sedláček reaching the quarter final.

This tournament's most predictable outcomes:
1) Glen Durrant losing with a good average in a close game from a break up in the last 32.
2) Darren Webster losing in the last 16. Have to give him credit for his consistency.
3) Joe Cullen losing in the quarter final with a great opportunity to progress further.
4) Rob Cross playing great for several games and then falling apart. He probably had nothing there, to be honest.
5) Simon Whitlock going further than anybody thought he would. Class is permanent, even as ability fades with age.
6) Michael van Gerwen winning the tournament. Interesting that his worst performance was against Evetts. He was probably so relieved that Clayton had gone out that he relaxed too much.

Anway, consolation for other players wanting to qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts is that it's another tournament winner who's an existing qualifier.

Currently:
7 definite qualifiers: Anderson, Aspinall, van Gerwen, Gurney, Price, Smith, Van den Bergh
3 priority reserves: Schindler, Wade, Cross
0 European Tour: van Gerwen (2) and Gurney would qualify by other means
4 Players Championships: Chisnall (2), Durrant (1), Lewis (1), Clayton (1) (van Gerwen (2), Price (2), Wade (3) would qualify by other means)

Given that Wattimena is likely to be playing with van Gerwen at the World Cup there's a reasonable chance that he'll at least be a priority reserve.

My eyes!!

ET4 kicks off on Friday in Saarbrucken with 6 places still to be confirmed on Thursday evening.

Seeds
[1] Michael van Gerwen (NED)
[2] Ian White (ENG)
[3] Gerwyn Price (WAL)
[4] Peter Wright (SCO)
[5] Mensur Suljovic (AUT)
[6] Rob Cross (ENG)
[7] Adrian Lewis (ENG)
[8] James Wade (ENG)
[9] Michael Smith (ENG)
[10] Jonny Clayton (WAL)
[11] Max Hopp (GER)
[12] Joe Cullen (ENG)
[13] Daryl Gurney (NIR)
[14] Dave Chisnall (ENG)
[15] Simon Whitlock (AUS)
[16] Darren Webster (ENG)

UK Qualifiers (18)
Ted Evetts (ENG)
David Pallett (ENG)
Steve West (ENG)
James Wilson (ENG)
Stephen Bunting (ENG)
Steve Beaton (ENG)
Steve Lennon (IRE)
Chris Dobey (ENG)
John Henderson (SCO)
Kyle Anderson (AUS)
Kirk Shepherd (ENG)
Mickey Mansell (NIR)
Wayne Jones (ENG)
Nathan Aspinall (ENG)
Luke Humphries (ENG)
James Richardson (ENG)
Brendan Dolan (NIR)
Jamie Hughes (ENG)

European Tour Card Holder Qualifiers (6)
Vincent Kamphuis (NED)
Dimitri van den Bergh (BEL)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (NED)
Gabriel Clemens (GER)
Vincent van der Meer (NED)
Raymond van Barneveld (NED)

Nordic Qualifier
Dennis Nilsson (SWE)

East Europe Qualifier
Pavel Jirkal (CZE)

West & South Europe Qualifier (2) tbc - 25-Apr
HNQs (4) tbc - 25-Apr

There was a mistake with the draw.
Smith put in even though he withdrew over a month ago.

Will be redrawn.

2019 German Darts Open
Draw Bracket
Gerwyn Price (3) v Kirk Shepherd/Steve Beaton
Simon Whitlock (14) v Jamie Hughes/Brendan Dolan
Rob Cross (6) v Lukas Wenig/Chris Dobey
Joe Cullen (11) v Jerry Hendriks/James Wilson
Adrian Lewis (7) v James Richardson/Wayne Jones
Max Hopp (10) v Stephen Bunting/John Henderson
Ian White (2) v Kyle Anderson/Jeffrey De Zwaan
Darren Webster (15) v Karsten Koch/Vincent Van der Meer
Peter Wright (4) v Kevin Munch/Steve Lennon
Dave Chisnall (13) v Ted Evetts/Vincent Kamphuis
Mensur Suljovic (5) v Mickey Mansell/Steve West
Daryl Gurney (12) v Mike de Decker/David Pallett
James Wade (8) v Pavel Jirkal/Luke Humphries
Jonny Clayton (9) v Nathan Aspinall/Dennis Nilsson
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Dimitri Van den Bergh/Thomas Kohnlein
Jermaine Wattimena (16) v Gabriel Clemens/Raymond van Barneveld

Schedule of Play
Friday April 26
First Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
James Richardson v Wayne Jones
Mickey Mansell v Steve West
Jamie Hughes v Brendan Dolan
Karsten Koch v Vincent Van der Meer
Mike de Decker v David Pallett
Pavel Jirkal v Luke Humphries
Kirk Shepherd v Steve Beaton
Jerry Hendriks v James Wilson

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)
Ted Evetts v Vincent Kamphuis
Nathan Aspinall v Dennis Nilsson
Lukas Wenig v Chris Dobey
Kyle Anderson v Jeffrey De Zwaan
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Thomas Kohnlein
Gabriel Clemens v Raymond van Barneveld
Stephen Bunting v John Henderson
Kevin Munch v Steve Lennon

Saturday April 27
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Darren Webster v Koch/Van der Meer
Simon Whitlock v Hughes/Dolan
Joe Cullen v Hendriks/Wilson
Daryl Gurney v De Decker/Pallett
Adrian Lewis v Richardson/Jones
Gerwyn Price v Shepherd/Beaton
Ian White v Anderson/De Zwaan
James Wade v Jirkal/Humphries

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)
Dave Chisnall v Evetts/Kamphuis
Jonny Clayton v Aspinall/Nilsson
Rob Cross v Wenig/Dobey
Peter Wright v Munch/Lennon
Max Hopp v Bunting/Henderson
Mensur Suljovic v Mansell/West
Michael van Gerwen v Van den Bergh/Kohnlein
Jermaine Wattimena v Clemens/Van Barneveld

Sunday April 28
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)
Third Round

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final

Steve West on 40, Mickey Mansell throwing on 276.
What happens next?

Wenig played well there, got darts to lead 5-2, went downhill from there, but plenty of possitives to take from his ET debut..

Schedule of Play
Friday April 26
First Round
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 GMT)

James Richardson (98.06) 6 (11) 5 (94.61) Wayne Jones
Mickey Mansell (94.63) 6 (11) 3 (88.59) Steve West
Jamie Hughes (100.37) 6 (11) 4 (105.54) Brendan Dolan
Karsten Koch (71.61) 4 (11) 6 (81.21) Vincent Van der Meer
Mike de Decker (93.79) 5 (11) 6 (91.34) David Pallett
Pavel Jirkal (87.53) 0 (11) 6 (98.02) Luke Humphries
Kirk Shepherd (93.22) 3 (11) 6 (102.78) Steve Beaton
Jerry Hendriks 6 (11) 3 James Wilson

Evening Session (1915 local time, 1815 GMT)

Ted Evetts (99.58) 6 (11) 1 (79.03) Vincent Kamphuis
Nathan Aspinall (96.03) 6 (11) 1 (85.03) Dennis Nilsson
Lukas Wenig (86.65) 4 (11) 6 (87.23) Chris Dobey
Kyle Anderson 3 (11) 6 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Dimitri Van den Bergh (80.42) 6 (11) 2 (78.35) Thomas Kohnlein
Gabriel Clemens v Raymond van Barneveld
Stephen Bunting v John Henderson
Kevin Munch v Steve Lennon