Andy Baetens won the tournament on the third day of the final stage at the European Q-School on Saturday. 'The Beast' won 6-5 over Radek Szaganski in the final.
The Belgian was considered one of the big favourites for a PDC Tour Card before the Q-School. Baetens reigned supreme on the WDF circuit last season with nine titles, including the Lakeside title. He also showed well at the Euro Tour tournament in Belgium. In the opening days however, Baetens had flattered to decieve. During the first two days of play, he did not manage to accumulate any points for the Q-School Order of Merit. But that ranking is now irrelevant after he managed to take the day's victory on Saturday.
Baetens began the tournament with a decisive 6-0 victory over Jeffrey de Graaf, before also defeating Michael Unterbuchner (6-5), Born van Put (6-1), Alexander Masek (6-3), Paul Krohne (6-3), Vitezslav Sedlak (6-3) and thus Szaganski (6-5).
Sunday is the final day of the European Q-School. For the winner of the day there will be another Tour Card and also the top 13 of the European Q-School Order of Merit will receive a Tour Card. Through this ranking Haupai Puha and Jules van Dongen have already secured themselves a Tour Card.
Last 16
Andy Baetens 6 | 3 Alexander Masek
Paul Krohne 6 | 3 Jani Keskinarkaus
Dominik Gruellich 6 | 2 Marko Kantele
Vitezslav Sedlak 6 | 3 Jules van Dongen
Patrick Geeraets 6 | 5 Damian Mol
Radek Szaganski 6 | 2 Arno Merk
Haupai Puha 6 | 1 Angelo Balsamo
Stefaan Henderyck 6 | 4 Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Quarterfinals
Andy Baetens 6 | 3 Paul Krohne
Vitezslav Sedlak 6 | 2 Dominik Gruellich
Radek Szaganski 6 | 0 Patrick Geeraets
Haupai Puha 6 | 3 Stefaan Henderyck
Semi-final
Andy Baetens 6 | 3 Vitezslav Sedlak
Radek Szaganski 6 | 4 Haupai Puha
Final
Andy Baetens 6 | 5 Radek Szaganski
ππππ§ππ‘π¦ ππππ¦ π π§π’π¨π₯ πππ₯π π§πͺ WDF World Champion Andy Baetens becomes a PDC Tour Card holder for the first time after defeating Radek Szaganski 6-5 in the final of today's European Qualifying School event! #QSchool
