European Tour qualifying success for Nordic & Baltic trio

Marko Kantele, Madars Razma and Daniel Larsson all tasted success in the Nordic & Baltic European Tour qualifiers.

Kantele, who lost to John Henderson at the World Championship, won the opening event. The Finn defeated Darius Labanauskas and Dennis Nilsson in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. He won a last-leg decider to defeat Magnus Caris 6-5 in the final. He will feature in the first European Tour event in Leverkusen. Razma will take part in the second event in Munich. The Latvian thrashed Larsson and Labanauskas, and then defeated Johan Engström 6-3 in the final.

Larsson recovered from his semi-final exit to claim a spot in the third European Tour event in Saarbrücken. Victories over Oskar Lukasiak and the ever-present Labanauskas set up a final against Kim Viljanen. Viljanen won the first Nordic and Baltic Pro Tour event of the year, but could not hold off Larsson. The Swede took a 6-4 victory.

European Tour qualifier 1

Quarter-finals

Madars Razma 6 – 2 Pär Riihonen
Magnus Caris 6 – 1 Mauri Tuutijärvi
Marko Kantele 6 – 3 Darius Labanauskas
Daniel Larsson 5 – 6 Dennis Nilsson

Semi-finals

Madars Razma 5 – 6 Magnus Caris
Marko Kantele 6 – 4 Dennis Nilsson

Final

Magnus Caris 5 – 6 Marko Kantele

European Tour qualifier 2

Quarter-finals

Vladimir Andersen 3 – 6 Darius Labanauskas
Madars Razma 6 – 1 Daniel Larsson
Hannu Suominen 1 – 6 Glenn Honoré
Johan Engström 6 – 5 Magnus Caris

Semi-finals

Darius Labanauskas 0 – 6 Madars Razma
Glenn Honoré 5 – 6 Johan Engström

Final

Madars Razma 6 – 3 Johan Engström

European Tour qualifier 3

Quarter-finals

Magnus Caris 6 – 5 Edwin Torbjornsson
Mindaugas Barauskas 1 – 6 Kim Viljanen
Darius Labanauskas 6 – 0 Dennis Nilsson
Oskar Lukasiak 3 – 6 Daniel Larsson

Semi-finals

Kim Viljanen 6 – 5 Magnus Caris
Darius Labanauskas 2 – 6 Daniel Larsson

Final

Kim Viljanen 4 – 6 Daniel Larsson