Nathan Aspinall will take aim at a second ProTour title of the season shortly in Niedernhausen when he takes on Challenge Tour stand-out
Scott Williams at
Players Championship 17 in the final.
Aspinall lost to Ryan Searle in PC11 earlier this season but returned to seal PC13 defeating Matt Campbell in April as the last winner before Michael Smith began his ProTour dominance. He ended the run of Kim Huybrechts in the process today averaging 98 in a 7-4 win.
But in Williams, he faces a player who albeit has been making up the numbers and does not hold a Tour Card but has been one of the most consistent on both the ProTour and Challenge Tour.
He saw off Chris Dobey and the Lincolnshire ace will get the chance to seal a maiden ProTour triumph which could open further doors including sealing his Tour Card by right without needing to complete the feat of winning the Challenge Tour this season.
Players Championship 17
Last 16
Mike De Decker (102.94) 6 | 4 (89.94) Steve Beaton
Nathan Aspinall (102.83) 6 | 5 (91.52) Jim Williams
Peter Wright (91.58) 6 | 3 (93.27) Ross Smith
Kim Huybrechts (104.68) 6 | 4 (92.49) Damon Heta
Chris Dobey (91.01) 6 | 5 (91.01) Simon Whitlock
Dirk van Duijvenbode (89.11) 6 | 3 (95.10) Martin Lukeman
Rob Cross (102.45) 6 | 3 (98.24) Daryl Gurney
Scott Williams (85.90) 6 | 3 (75.50) John Henderson
Quarter-Finals
Mike De Decker (79.52) 2 | 6 (89.86) Nathan Aspinall
Peter Wright (86.44) 0 | 6 (107.36) Kim Huybrechts
Chris Dobey (99.70) 6 | 2 (97.11) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Rob Cross (101.75) 4 | 6 (98.43) Scott Williams
Semi-Finals
Nathan Aspinall (98.92) 7 | 4 (97.91) Kim Huybrechts
Chris Dobey (89.36) 4 | 7 (86.08) Scott Williams
Final
Nathan Aspinall - | - Scott Williams