Incredible comeback secures Martijn Dragt PDC Tour Card at European Q-School

Martijn Dragt won a PDC Tour Card on Thursday at the European Q-School. On the opening day of the final stage, Dragt took the win after an incredible comeback in an all-Dutch final.

The Dutch were prominent in Kalkar on Thursday. No fewer than seven Dutchmen made it to the last sixteen, four of whom managed to reach the quarterfinals. But out of all 127 participants, Dragt was the best. The 35-year-old Dutchman managed to beat a fine string of names. He defeated Jesus Noguera (6-3), Marcel Junk (6-1), Liam Maendl-Lawrance (6-3), Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (6-4), Lukas Wenig (6-5) and Mario Vandenbogaerde (6-5) to qualify for the final.

In the final he faced compatriot Chris Landman, who had eliminated Danny Jansen, Ron Meulenkamp and Christian Kist. Landman led 5-2 in the final, but in the end it was Dragt who won the match 6-5.

Landman, just like semi-finalist Kist, did good business and might be able to win a Tour Card later this week via the European Q-School Order of Merit. Wesley Plaisier also did well with a quarterfinal place, while Stefan Schroder, Laurens Admiraal and Jules van Dongen made it to the last sixteen.

Results PDC European Q-School

Last 16

Darius Labanauskas 6 | 4 Stefan Schroder

Chris Landman 6 | 4 Laurens Admiraal

Tomas Houdek 6 | 2 Haupai Puha

Christian Kist 6 | 5 Radek Szaganski

Martijn Dragt 6 | 4 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Lukas Wenig 6 | 2 Jules van Dongen

Wesley Plaisier 6 | 2 Dragutin Horvat

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 3 Franz Roetzsch

Quarterfinals

Chris Landman 6 | 2 Darius Labanauskas

Christian Kist 6 | 5 Tomas Houdek

Martijn Dragt 6 | 5 Lukas Wenig

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 1 Wesley Plaisier

Semi-final

Chris Landman 6 | 3 Christian Kist

Martijn Dragt 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Final

Martijn Dragt 6 | 5 Chris Landman