Results Swiss Darts Trophy Tour Card Holder qualifier Round-up | Michael Smith confirms European Tour comeback as Raymond van Barneveld and Cristo Reyes go back-to-back
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The second Tour Card Holder Qualifier of the day saw the action
focused on the Swiss Darts Trophy set to take place from October 9-11. Beau
Greaves, Michael Smith and Peter Wright were looking to confirm their places on
the European Tour event.
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10 spots were available for the Tour Card holders present
with a couple of former world champions showing their worth. Michael Smith was one of them in a dramatic ending where he managed to squeeze past Cor Dekker 6-5 in a thrilling finale. It will be the first time he appears on the European Tour since the Austrian Darts Open back in May.
Today was a very successful day for Raymond van Barneveld
who made it consecutive European Tour events he will attend after qualifying
for the Flanders Darts Trophy earlier today. He backed it up with a 6-5 win
over David Sharp to book his spot in Basel.
Cristo Reyes, Jeffrey de Graaf and Bradley Brooks were also
able to go the whole day unbeaten. ‘The Spartan’ had no trouble in thrashing Robert
Owen 6-0 in the final match with de Graaf and Brooks having a tougher time of
it. Karel Sedlacek failed to join this exclusive group after a defeat at the
final stage against Mensur Suljovic.
The other names to qualify include Sietse Lap, Tom Bissell,
Mario Vandenbogaerde and Maik Kuivenhoven.
Greaves cannot continue brilliant form as Wright fall short again
Greaves was not able to keep her winning
streak up. Three European Tour’s in a row she had successfully made it into,
but her journey to Basel ended at the first hurdle in the last 160 against Owen
Bates.
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Mike De Decker had not competed earlier for a place in his
home event and would only play one match in total after losing 6-3 to Brooks.
Fellow Belgian Kim Huybrechts also would lose at the last 80.
It will be another Euro Tour event without Peter Wright. The
two-time world champion’s struggles continued with Rhys Griffin pipping him in
a last-leg decider.
Peter Wright failed to qualify for the Swiss Darts Trophy
Luke Humphries is set to headline the field in Switzerland.
He takes the number one seeding with Luke Littler not featuring. Reigning champion
Stephen Bunting is among the challengers with Gian van Veen, Jonny Clayton,
James Wade, Michael van Gerwen, Josh Rock, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and
Nathan Aspinall all set to make the trip with glory on their minds.
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Results Swiss Darts Trophy Qualifier
| Average | Player | Score | Opponent | Average |
| Top 20 | ||||
| 95.48 | Bradley Brooks | 6-4 | Alan Soutar | 95.90 |
| 94.45 | Mensur Suljovic | 6-2 | Karel Sedlacek | 88.24 |
| 97.21 | Tom Bissell | 6-1 | Darryl Pilgrim | 86.92 |
| 87.02 | Jeffrey De Graaf | 6-5 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 84.35 |
| 99.31 | Michael Smith (5) | 6-5 | Cor Dekker | 90.89 |
| 87.91 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 6-3 | Nick Kenny | 80.86 |
| 88.15 | Raymond van Barneveld (7) | 6-5 | David Sharp | 95.09 |
| 89.72 | Sietse Lap | 6-1 | Max Hopp | 80.97 |
| 94.67 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 6-2 | Jurjen van der Velde | 82.49 |
| 89.29 | Cristo Reyes | 6-0 | Rob Owen | 83.06 |
| Average | Player | Score | Opponent | Average |
| Top 40 | ||||
| 99.63 | Bradley Brooks | 6-1 | Viktor Tingstrom | 84.12 |
| 85.59 | Alan Soutar | 6-4 | Lukas Wenig | 80.65 |
| 96.53 | Karel Sedlacek | 6-4 | Ritchie Edhouse (2) | 88.96 |
| 99.71 | Mensur Suljovic | 6-4 | Ricky Evans | 94.38 |
| 91.98 | Darryl Pilgrim | 6-3 | Rhys Griffin | 88.29 |
| 98.22 | Tom Bissell | 6-2 | Oskar Lukasiak | 83.15 |
| 86.23 | Jeffrey De Graaf | 6-3 | Ryan Meikle | 79.25 |
| 79.68 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 6-5 | Charlie Manby | 86.36 |
| 88.15 | Michael Smith (5) | 6-4 | Scott Williams | 89.40 |
| 85.08 | Cor Dekker | 6-0 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 74.00 |
| 90.54 | Nick Kenny | 6-5 | Cam Crabtree | 92.53 |
| 94.71 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 6-4 | Chris Landman | 94.07 |
| 88.03 | Raymond van Barneveld (7) | 6-4 | Connor Scutt | 91.13 |
| 101.50 | David Sharp | 6-1 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 71.73 |
| 98.71 | Sietse Lap | 6-4 | Mervyn King | 94.89 |
| 94.41 | Max Hopp | 6-3 | Filip Bereza | 85.83 |
| 87.92 | Jurjen van der Velde | 6-3 | Madars Razma (9) | 88.99 |
| 85.40 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 6-1 | Stephen Burton | 79.70 |
| 93.62 | Rob Owen | 6-3 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 84.28 |
| 93.94 | Cristo Reyes | 6-0 | Keane Barry | 78.71 |
| Average | Player | Score | Opponent | Average |
| Top 80 | ||||
| 92.31 | Bradley Brooks | 6-3 | Mike De Decker (1) | 84.45 |
| 85.79 | Viktor Tingstrom | 6-3 | Jimmy van Schie | 79.90 |
| 94.12 | Alan Soutar | 6-4 | Kai Gotthardt | 88.61 |
| 100.20 | Lukas Wenig | 6-0 | Samuel Price | 64.21 |
| 85.35 | Ritchie Edhouse (2) | 6-2 | Thomas Lovely | 79.86 |
| 98.57 | Karel Sedlacek | 6-2 | Adam Leek | 84.93 |
| 95.32 | Mensur Suljovic | 6-1 | Kim Huybrechts | 85.82 |
| 85.88 | Ricky Evans | 6-5 | Gabriel Clemens | 87.79 |
| 79.93 | Rhys Griffin | 6-5 | Peter Wright (3) | 79.57 |
| 95.56 | Darryl Pilgrim | 6-2 | Carl Sneyd | 85.50 |
| 93.59 | Oskar Lukasiak | 6-1 | Pascal Rupprecht | 86.13 |
| 98.67 | Tom Bissell | 6-4 | Owen Bates | 92.22 |
| 87.83 | Ryan Meikle | 6-5 | Ricardo Pietreczko (4) | 93.11 |
| 93.91 | Jeffrey De Graaf | 6-4 | Dominik Gruellich | 89.81 |
| 82.73 | Charlie Manby | 6-0 | Marvin van Velzen | 81.03 |
| 83.88 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 6-4 | Yorick Hofkens | 80.37 |
| 83.51 | Michael Smith (5) | 6-4 | Greg Ritchie | 84.63 |
| 90.34 | Scott Williams | 6-4 | Thibault Tricole | 82.67 |
| 96.13 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 6-2 | Brendan Dolan | 91.47 |
| 82.83 | Cor Dekker | 6-4 | Tyler Thorpe | 90.99 |
| 87.91 | Nick Kenny | 6-1 | Martin Lukeman (6) | 76.41 |
| 91.03 | Cam Crabtree | 6-1 | Adam Warner | 76.38 |
| 85.26 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 6-1 | Matthias Ehlers | 72.77 |
| 93.27 | Chris Landman | 6-4 | Marvin Kraft | 85.83 |
| 92.05 | Raymond van Barneveld (7) | 6-3 | Arno Merk | 84.86 |
| 94.29 | Connor Scutt | 6-3 | Shane McGuirk | 92.14 |
| 77.30 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 6-3 | Pero Ljubic | 77.11 |
| 92.36 | David Sharp | 6-2 | Stephen Rosney | 90.34 |
| 91.26 | Mervyn King | 6-3 | Mickey Mansell (8) | 87.96 |
| 96.36 | Sietse Lap | 6-3 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 87.43 |
| 91.35 | Filip Bereza | 6-4 | Tom Sykes | 89.92 |
| 85.46 | Max Hopp | 6-4 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 81.07 |
| 90.76 | Madars Razma (9) | 6-4 | Alexander Merkx | 92.17 |
| 81.87 | Jurjen van der Velde | 6-5 | Adam Gawlas | 83.76 |
| 93.99 | Stephen Burton | 6-2 | Andy Boulton | 92.87 |
| 84.17 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 6-2 | Leon Weber | 79.76 |
| 94.26 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 6-4 | Justin Hood (10) | 91.02 |
| 94.33 | Rob Owen | 6-3 | Wesley Plaisier | 76.46 |
| 99.17 | Cristo Reyes | 6-1 | Jim Long | 89.74 |
| 91.09 | Keane Barry | 6-0 | Adam Paxton | 73.10 |
| Top 160 | ||||
| 90.84 | Owen Bates | 6-3 | Beau Greaves | 82.46 |
| 85.32 | Yorick Hofkens | 6-1 | Tytus Kanik | 80.87 |
| 86.17 | Cor Dekker | 6-5 | Darius Labanauskas | 85.98 |
| 78.93 | Chris Landman | 6-3 | Tavis Dudeney | 77.34 |
| 92.58 | Stephen Rosney | 6-5 | Richard Veenstra | 90.63 |
| 77.66 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 6-5 | Niall Culleton | 78.58 |
| 88.64 | Leon Weber | 6-1 | Christian Kist | 81.97 |
| 93.55 | Keane Barry | 6-5 | Adam Lipscombe | 91.60 |
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