Aspinall into third ProTour final of the season, set to face Challenge Tour standout Williams at Players Championship 17

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