Kai Gotthardt and Patrick Tringler were the big winners at the third and fourth tournaments of the PDC Next Gen Circuit last weekend.
Gotthardt defeated David Schlichting 6-3 in the final of the third event, which was played with double in - double out. Gotthardt had already reached the final of the Next Gen 2, but was then defeated 2-6 by Sascha Stuhlemmer. The player from Esslingen also faced Stuhlemmer on Saturday, but this time defeated him 5-1 in the quarter-finals.
Gotthardt defeated Kevin Knopf 5-4 in the semifinals. In the last four, Schlichting defeated Marcel Gerdon, no unknown name in German darts. The victory in the deciding round went to The Turtle.
The fourth tournament of the PDC Europe Next Gen, played in the same format as the previous day, was won by Austrian Patrick Tringler. Like Schlichting and Gotthardt, Tringler does not hold a PDC Tour Card, making him eligible to play on the Next Gen circuit.
On his way to the final, Tringler defeated Marcel Hausotter (5-4), Yasa Guener (5-4), Jannis Barkhausen (4-3) and Jannes Bremermann (4-1), among others. Springer had previously defeated Marcel Gerdon (5-0), Patrick Klingelhöfer (4-3) and Michael Hurtz (4-2). In addition, Springer eliminated Sascha Stuhlemmer 5-3 in the quarterfinals and even recorded a nine darter in that match.
Results PDC Europe Next GEN 3
Last 16
Leon Weber 4-3 Michael Hurtz
Kevin Knopf 4-3 Jannis Barkhausen
Sascha Stuhlemmer 4-3 David Jeske
Kai Gotthardt 4-1 Patrick Klingelhöfer
David Schlichting 4-2 El Abbas El Amri
Steven Noster 4-1 Yasa Guener
Marcel Gerdon 4-1 Marvin Koch
Marcel Hausotter 4-2 Michael Unterbuchner
Quarterfinals
Kevin Knopf 5-4 Leon Weber
Kai Gotthardt 5-1 Sascha Stuhlemmer
David Schlichting 5-2 Steven Noster
Marcel Gerdon 5-3 Marcel Hausotter
Semi-final
Kai Gotthardt 5-4 Kevin Knopf
David Schlichting 5-4 Marcel Gerdon
Final
Kai Gotthardt 6-3 David Schlichting
Results PDC Europe Next GEN 4
Last 16
Marcel Gerdon 4-2 Steven Noster
Kai Gotthardt 4-0 Marcel Erba
Sascha Stuhlemmer 4-3 Michael Unterbuchner
Niko Springer 4-3 Patrick Klingelhöfer
Yasa Guener 4-3 Julian Burger
Patrick Tringler 4-3 Jannis Barkhausen
Marco Jungwirth 4-3 Stefan Taferner
Marcel Hausotter 4-3 Andreas Kumpan
Quarterfinals
Marcel Gerdon 5-4 Kai Gotthardt
Niko Springer 5-3 Sascha Stuhlemmer
Patrick Tringler 5-4 Yasa Guener
Marcel Hausotter 5-3 Marco Jungwirth
Semi-final
Niko Springer 5-0 Marcel Gerdon
Patrick Tringler 5-4 Marcel Hausotter
Final
Patrick Tringler 6-5 Niko Springer