71-year-old Paul Lim reaches another final on PDC Asian Tour but falls just short of taking title
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Darts legend Paul Lim has delivered another standout performance, reaching the final of the Asian Tour for the second time this season. However, the 71-year-old had to settle for runner-up, as Japan’s Motomu Sakai claimed the title.
Lim, known affectionately as The Singapore Slinger, has already won an Asian Tour event earlier this year, and he continued his strong form with a remarkable run to the final. He recorded victories over Hidehiko Ishimori (4–0), Keita Ono (4–2), Odkhuu Khundaganai (4–3), Yan Bin Chen (4–1), Takayuki Masatsu (4–3), and Lok Yin Lee (5–4).
On the other side of the draw, Sakai secured his place in the final with wins against Seiya Ito (4–0), Hajime Watanabe (4–1), Yasuyoshi Matsumoto (4–3), Lihao Wen (4–1), Man Lok Leung (4–2), and Tomoya Goto (5–1). He then overcame Lim in the final with a 5–3 victory.
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Results PDC Asian Tour 5
Final
Motomu Sakai (87.02) 5 | 3 (84.81) Paul Lim
Semi-final
Paul Lim (93.09) 5 | 4 (87.91) Lok Yin Lee
Motomu Sakai (88.48) 5 | 1 (88.56) Tomoya Goto
Quarterfinals
Lok Yin Lee (87.06) 4 | 2 (79.32) Akimune Matsuyoshi
Paul Lim (94.32) 4 | 3 (85.30) Takayuki Masatsu
Tomoya Goto (83.97) 4 | 3 (85.42) Yuta(Nara) Hayashi
Motomu Sakai (88.13) 4 | 2 (82.61) Man Lok Leung
Last 16
Akimune Matsuyoshi (87.50) 4 | 3 (84.78) Ryusei Azemoto
Lok Yin Lee (93.66) 4 | 2 (92.64) Seigo Asada
Paul Lim (88.06) 4 | 1 (81.43) Yan Bin Chen
Takayuki Masatsu (76.62) 4 | 3 (79.93) Xiaochen Zong
Tomoya Goto (87.38) 4 | 3 (90.17) Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
Yuta(Nara) Hayashi (82.36) 4 | 0 (79.30) Yuya Fukuchi
Man Lok Leung (92.49) 4 | 0 (83.76) Tomoya Maruyama
Motomu Sakai (84.39) 4 | 1 (80.32) Lihao Wen
Last 32
Ryusei Azemoto (91.72) 4 | 3 (81.51) Timothy Ryan Theseira
Mitsuhiko Tatsunami (91.30) 4 | 1 (69.61) Ting Chi Royden Lam
Yuta(Nara) Hayashi (81.06) 4 | 2 (71.29) Taku Fujikawa
Yuya Fukuchi (85.19) 4 | 1 (73.59) Chia Ming Lin
Man Lok Leung (95.23) 4 | 1 (78.39) Masaki Mise
Tomoya Maruyama (82.22) 4 | 3 (90.14) Phuay Wei Tan
Lihao Wen (73.27) 4 | 1 (76.44) Masato Arita
Motomu Sakai (84.30) 4 | 3 (80.95) Yasuyoshi Matsumoto
Akimune Matsuyoshi (87.24) 4 | 1 (73.96) Jinhyeok Lee
Seigo Asada (96.04) 4 | 1 (79.68) An Sheng Lu
Lok Yin Lee (87.37) 4 | 3 (84.82) Hiroto Ichimiya
Paul Lim (78.40) 4 | 3 (78.59) Odkhuu Khundaganai
Yan Bin Chen (79.03) 4 | 3 (73.51) Toru Suzuki
Takayuki Masatsu (86.30) 4 | 2 (78.12) Kenichi Ajiki
Xiaochen Zong (88.53) 4 | 2 (86.97) Ryuta Arihara
Tomoya Goto (78.08) 4 | 0 (54.36) Kamarudin Ahmad
Last 64
Ryusei Azemoto (90.77) 4 | 1 (80.21) Kyosuke Kikuchi
Odkhuu Khundaganai (76.26) 4 | 2 (69.95) Harith Lim
Toru Suzuki (75.11) 4 | 3 (70.76) Ruofan Ye
Yan Bin Chen (76.98) 4 | 1 (60.84) Man Cheng Kong
Kenichi Ajiki (79.98) 4 | 3 (82.12) Koichiro Terao
Takayuki Masatsu (75.09) 4 | 1 (70.39) Rintaro Hara
Ryuta Arihara (90.80) 4 | 2 (85.99) Hiroki Kaneko
Xiaochen Zong (70.14) 4 | 2 (67.79) Shunpei Kuroda
Tomoya Goto (84.68) 4 | 0 (57.71) Shouya Ota
Kamarudin Ahmad (52.80) 4 | 2 (52.13) Hon Wai Chau
Mitsuhiko Tatsunami (96.63) 4 | 3 (80.65) Yuma Kimura
Timothy Ryan Theseira (81.83) 4 | 2 (70.43) Jargalsaikhan Ulziibuyan
Ting Chi Royden Lam (77.08) 4 | 0 (57.54) Katsunari Kazama
Yuta(Nara) Hayashi (84.30) 4 | 2 (86.59) Ho Tung Ching
Taku Fujikawa (61.47) 4 | 2 (62.05) Keichon Ho
Chia Ming Lin (77.42) 4 | 3 (73.06) Jaein Oh
Yuya Fukuchi (79.76) 4 | 2 (72.38) Mitsuo Wada
Man Lok Leung (84.68) 4 | 0 (74.83) Kam Weng Cheng
Masaki Mise (68.06) 4 | 1 (63.39) Juber Celino
Phuay Wei Tan (85.14) 4 | 1 (79.38) Yutaro Abe
Tomoya Maruyama (79.00) 4 | 2 (77.62) Osamu Inaba
Lihao Wen (76.10) 4 | 0 (62.78) Junpei Machida
Akimune Matsuyoshi (77.33) 4 | 3 (78.52) Yu Kwong Tang
Masato Arita (72.86) 4 | 1 (70.89) Yiwei Dong
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto (73.97) 4 | 3 (76.11) Jinwook Lee
Motomu Sakai (82.47) 4 | 1 (72.07) Hajime Watanabe
Jinhyeok Lee (71.24) 4 | 2 (73.74) Akito Yamagata
An Sheng Lu (74.22) 4 | 0 (72.62) Yoshihisa Baba
Seigo Asada (93.61) 4 | 1 (81.71) Siik Hwang(Robbie) Wong
Lok Yin Lee (81.66) 4 | 3 (69.86) Yuanlun Han
Hiroto Ichimiya (78.07) 4 | 1 (77.49) Naohisa Ueda
Paul Lim (87.39) 4 | 2 (84.70) Keita Ono
Last 128
Ryusei Azemoto (90.92) 4 | 1 (84.65) Mohd Nasir Jantan
An Sheng Lu (83.50) 4 | 0 (74.91) Akikazu Harada
Seigo Asada (89.62) 4 | 2 (75.61) Junichi Maiyama
Siik Hwang(Robbie) Wong (72.43) 4 | 0 (63.41) Mohamed Aliff Khalwani Bin Hashim
Yuanlun Han (66.59) 4 | 2 (60.63) Mikuru Suzuki
Lok Yin Lee (78.48) 4 | 3 (71.82) Sooyoung Park
Hiroto Ichimiya (69.53) 4 | 1 (63.64) Yasuharu Kei
Naohisa Ueda (67.55) 4 | 0 (59.10) Yoshiaki Kurihara
Paul Lim (87.13) 4 | 0 (73.70) Hidehiko Ishimori
Keita Ono (80.67) 4 | 2 (80.73) Tasuku Abe
Odkhuu Khundaganai (67.11) 4 | 2 (57.07) Kyohei Kimura
Kyosuke Kikuchi (80.64) 4 | 2 (77.07) Chi-Jui Tseng
Harith Lim (67.55) 4 | 0 (56.87) Tsun Hei Wan
Toru Suzuki (65.59) 4 | 2 (63.19) Tsz Hei Law
Ruofan Ye (67.08) 4 | 1 (56.56) Taehee Jeon
Yan Bin Chen (67.88) 4 | 1 (60.42) Taishi Kumagai
Man Cheng Kong (56.63) 4 | 3 (55.99) Kaito Tsuruno
Kenichi Ajiki (84.60) 4 | 1 (81.74) Haruki Muramatsu
Koichiro Terao (75.18) 4 | 3 (72.47) Cher Kai (River) Ang
Rintaro Hara (68.50) 4 | 1 (51.72) Daisuke Matsumoto
Takayuki Masatsu (73.50) 4 | 1 (61.84) Yuta(Shizuoka) Hayashi
Ryuta Arihara (77.35) 4 | 1 (58.85) Lourenco Sun
Timothy Ryan Theseira (83.49) 4 | 2 (80.46) Satoshi Nakagawa
Hiroki Kaneko (61.05) 4 | 1 (54.41) Kam Hou Kuok
Xiaochen Zong (76.32) 4 | 1 (63.89) Takenori Kirara
Shunpei Kuroda (77.73) 4 | 2 (73.22) Sho Okano
Tomoya Goto (79.08) 4 | 1 (79.59) Nobuhiro Yamamoto
Shouya Ota (59.10) 4 | 3 (67.24) Tsz Chung Sin
Hon Wai Chau (55.82) 4 | 1 (56.06) Hungmin Chen
Kamarudin Ahmad (55.69) 4 | 1 (54.92) Mohamed Asrul Jeffri Bin Hashim
Yuma Kimura (69.56) 4 | 1 (59.43) Jing Bao
Mitsuhiko Tatsunami (80.16) 4 | 0 (72.32) Joji Kanuma
Katsunari Kazama (62.52) 4 | 1 (57.73) Kenya Hikawa
Jargalsaikhan Ulziibuyan (82.36) 4 | 0 (50.33) Hiroki Yamamoto
Ting Chi Royden Lam (76.10) 4 | 0 (48.15) Ruiyu Qian
Yuta(Nara) Hayashi (83.50) 4 | 0 (72.87) Pupo Teng-Lieh
Ho Tung Ching (67.55) 4 | 0 (56.52) Naoya Sato
Taku Fujikawa (68.10) 4 | 1 (57.36) Rei Matsumoto
Keichon Ho (67.68) 4 | 3 (69.70) Shoichi Yanase
Jaein Oh (63.72) 4 | 1 (56.79) Jin Loong (Jason) Lim
Chia Ming Lin (67.67) 4 | 1 (63.15) Tomohiro Kikuya
Mitsuo Wada (60.12) 4 | 0 (55.06) Kenta Katayama
Yuya Fukuchi (76.10) 4 | 0 (65.12) Hidenori Nishino
Man Lok Leung (87.06) 4 | 2 (81.37) Tomoya Tsumura
Yu Kwong Tang (70.13) 4 | 2 (61.75) Melvin Zheng
Kam Weng Cheng (71.11) 4 | 1 (63.95) Temuujin Oyunchimeg
Juber Celino (53.20) 4 | 0 (44.73) Miryo Chung
Masaki Mise (67.55) 4 | 0 (53.90) Kensei Hirabayashi
Phuay Wei Tan (78.07) 4 | 3 (70.72) Yong Bin Leonard Chai
Yutaro Abe (82.36) 4 | 0 (74.48) Texi Fan
Tomoya Maruyama (88.41) 4 | 0 (40.27) Libo Han
Osamu Inaba (72.55) 4 | 3 (73.38) Yuya Higuchi
Lihao Wen (72.03) 4 | 1 (62.57) Tomoyuki Nanbu
Junpei Machida (60.32) 4 | 1 (57.53) Yu-Cheng Huang
Masato Arita (75.15) 4 | 0 (58.88) Hiroki Yoshida
Akimune Matsuyoshi (75.85) 4 | 1 (64.76) Shogo Fuse
Yiwei Dong (61.02) 4 | 1 (49.25) Chuan Hsing Chan
Yasuyoshi Matsumoto (73.32) 4 | 0 (61.70) Sakura Iwamura
Jinwook Lee (68.12) 4 | 1 (70.22) Takuma Wada
Hajime Watanabe (74.11) 4 | 1 (72.66) Kosuzu Iwao
Motomu Sakai (69.10) 4 | 0 (51.75) Seiya Ito
Jinhyeok Lee (66.24) 4 | 1 (54.87) Yoshihiro Ariyasu
Akito Yamagata (81.24) 4 | 0 (60.36) Hisato Iino
Yoshihisa Baba (78.22) 4 | 1 (65.57) Pin Ching Lan
Last 256
Tomoyuki Nanbu (74.38) 4 | 1 (65.30) Jun Hong Lim
Mohd Nasir Jantan (85.89) 4 | 0 (57.22) Ka Lok Chio
Hidehiko Ishimori (78.64) 4 | 2 (72.06) Jenn Ming Tan
Kenichi Ajiki (62.51) 4 | 2 (49.29) Yeow Koon Tay
Nobuhiro Yamamoto (69.76) 4 | 1 (68.66) Woonghee Han
Tomoya Tsumura (71.57) 4 | 0 (47.37) Chihiro Kobayashi
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