Mensur Suljovic's success in the Champions League has granted him a place at the Grand Slam of Darts as well as automatic spot in the tournament he won next year no matter what happens to him in the next year. Suljovic's win in Cardiff sees him become the 12th pre-qualified player for November's Grand Slam of Darts from the finalists/winners of TV tournaments. A maximum of 16 players can qualify from TV tournaments, with a reserve list based on the winners European Tour events, Players Championship tournaments and UK Open Qualifiers. TV event winners alongside Suljovic including reigning Grand Slam of Darts champion Michael van Gerwen who would of qualified no matter what, World Matchplay champion Phil Taylor who's win in the event means this will be his last outing in a PDC event apart from the World Championship with the Power sitting out of the Grand Prix and deciding against trying to qualify for PC Finals and European Champion, UK Open champion Peter Wright who finally claimed his first TV title this year, World Cup winner Raymond van Barneveld and 2016 World Youth Champion Corey Cadby who will be at the World Series Finals, hopefully the World Championships then Q-School. TV finalists Gary Anderson, James Wade, Berry van Peer, Gerwyn Price, Dave Chisnall and Mark Webster currently occupy qualifying places, with the World Grand Prix, European Championship and World Series of Darts Finals still offering a chance for players to secure a Grand Slam spot. Should the list of qualifiers from TV events not reach 16 players, Michael Smith is in line to qualify by virtue of his Gibraltar Darts Trophy win in Gibraltar, with Adrian Lewis, Daryl Gurney and Simon Whitlock at present in line to qualify as Players Championship winners and apart from that a further eight players will come through the PDC Tour Card Holders' Qualifier on Monday November 6, while BDO representatives Glen Durrant, Danny Noppert and Peter Machin will be joined by the top five ranked players at September 30 with the first two linked with moves to the elite of darts at the end of the season.
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- Am not outraged and as said above i dont like anyone from any country doing it to anyone from any country. Whoever is going for a double should have best of order.Mysstree17-11-2024
- Say what? It happens in other countries; Littler in January - this year (Holland), go and watch the evidence on YouTube. If it is going to be done to English players, then we are more than entitled to dish the same back when players face off in England. When it happened to Littler in Holland in January... where was your outrage then? ABE attitude.MrYnyslas197117-11-2024
- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024