"A player who has got endless potential" - Paul Nicholson names Wessel Nijman as one to watch for remainder of 2024

Wessel Nijman has had an excellent first six months as a PDC pro. The Dutchman has been in possession of a PDC Tour Card since the start of this season and has already recorded several fine performances.

Nijman has qualified for a Euro Tour tournament twice this season and also reached the second round at both tournaments. At the Players Championship tournaments, Nijman reached the last 32 four times and the last sixteen once.

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Nijman's good performance has also caught the eye of former starter Paul Nicholson, who has been impressed, 'The Asset' wrote in his blog on Sporting Life. ''Wessel was the first person to beat Luke Littler on the European Tour and he’ll always keep that on his CV for sure,'' Nicholson begins his analysis. ''It would have been a really difficult start to the year knowing that everyone was looking at him and thinking about his past suspension for match fixing but he’s let his talent do the talking since then and I see a player who has got endless potential."

According to Nicholson, Nijman is reaping the benefits of the fact that he is also currently eligible to play in PDC Development Tour tournaments. ''He's got the benefit of the Development Tour like Gian Van Veen who has had for the last couple of years and when you constantly thrive on that tour it helps you transition to the main tour much easier and naturally. If you look at his numbers on the Pro Tour this season, he’s over 95.5 after 24 games played which ranks him at 12 overall out of everyone. That has got to be encouraging,'' Nicholson concluded.

Although Nijman missed out on qualification for the World Matchplay this year, if he can continue this upward trend, it is likely it won't be too long before we see the Dutchman in Blackpool.

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