The seventeenth tournament of the PDC Asian Tour was won by Lourence Ilagan on Saturday. It is for 'The Gunner' his eleventh Asian Tour title, which still makes him the most successful player on the Asian Tour.
Ilagan did not surrender any legs in his first two matches. The Filipino darter defeated Siew Cherng Tieh and Celso Parfan both 4-0. This was followed by victories over Christopher Sarmiento Melo (4-2) and Yoshihisa Baba (4-3) for a spot in the semifinals.
In the semifinals, Ilagan had to fight hard against Motomu Sakai. After falling behind 1-3, Ilagan won 5-4. Then in the final, Ilagan was too strong 5-1 for compatriot Alexis Toylo.
Last 16
Alexis Toylo (90.48) 4-1 (83.28) An Sheng Lu
Reynaldo Rivera (78.54) 4-1 (72.95) Rico Pereda Pastrana
Ryusei Azemoto (84.66) 4-2 (82.59) Sonny Balagat
Man Lok Leung (80.42) 4-3 (83.97) Ryan Khristoffer
Yoshihisa Baba (87.13) 4-0 (69.52) Teng-Lieh Pupo
Lourence Ilagan (85.75) 4-2 (74.97) Christopher Sarmiento Melo
Motomu Sakai (98.56) 4-0 (79.20) Paul Lim
Sandro Sosing (87.13) 4-0 (82.33) Sarayut Ouamuapa
Quarterfinals
Alexis Toylo (87.48) 4-1 (76.81) Reynaldo Rivera
Man Lok Leung (83.79) 4-3 (90.56) Ryusei Azemoto
Lourence Ilagan (82.68) 4-3 (82.60) Yoshihisa Baba
Motomu Sakai (87.25) 4-1 (84.51) Sandro Sosing
Semi-final
Alexis Toylo (96.23) 5-4 (98.88) Man Lok Leung
Lourence Ilagan (83.17) 5-4 (89.38) Motomu Sakai
Finale
Lourence Ilagan (86.51) 5-1 (75.33) Alexis Toylo
🇵🇭 Lourence Ilagan has won a record-extending 11th PDC Asian Tour title in Event 17. He beat Yoshihisa Baba—who earlier averaged 103.31 (L32)—Motomu Sakai then top seed Alexis Toylo 5-1 in the final. Hugo Leung's 17-win streak was ended by Toylo's 116 out in their SF decider.
