Paolo Nebrida has won the eighteenth tournament of the PDC Asian Tour 2024. In a Filipino final, he kept compatriot Lourence Ilagan from taking the title.
Nebrida beat almost only compatriots on his way to his fourth Asian Tour title of the season. At the last 32, he defeated Chinese Lihao Wen, but otherwise beat compatriots Alfie Ramos Ferrer (4-1), Ryan Khristoffer Condat (4-1), Reynaldo Rivera (4-1) and Sandro Sosing (5-4) for a spot in the final.
In the final against Ilagan, all the legs went with the darts and there were also break chances only in the last leg. However, Ilagan failed to throw out 80 for the title and Nebrida won the match with a 20 finish.
Meanwhile, 18 of the 24 tournaments have been played on the PDC Asian Tour 2024. After all the tournaments, the top four of the final rankings qualify for the World Darts Championship. Leading the ranking is Alexis Toylo with $15,000. Following that are Paolo Nebrida ($11,800), Ryusei Azemoto ($9550) and Lourence Ilagan ($8700). Man Lok Leung ($7750) is currently the first pursuer.
The final six tournaments of this Asian Tour season will be played from Oct. 4 to 6 in the Chinese city of Qingdao. So after that, we will know the first four Asian qualifiers for the Darts World Cup.
Last 16
Alexis Toylo 4-0 Yuanlun Han
Paul Lim 4-1 Cher Kai Ang
Haruki Muramatsu 4-0 Tengku Shah
Lourence Ilagan 4-0 Yee Jiang Daryl Lim
Paola Nebrida 4-1 Ryan Khristoffer Condat
Reynaldo Rivera 4-1 Mark Anthony Opada
Tomoya Goto 4-3 Yoshihisa Baba
Sandro Sosing 4-2 Sonny Balagat
Quarterfinals
Alexis Toylo 4-1 Paul Lim
Lourence Ilagan 4-1 Haruki Muramatsu
Paolo Nebrida 4-1 Reynaldo Rivera
Sandro Sosing 4-2 Tomoya Goto
Semi-final
Lourence Ilagan 5-1 Alexis Toylo
Paolo Nebrida 5-4 Sandro Sosing
Finale
Paolo Nebrida 5-4 Lourence Ilagan
🇵🇭 Paolo Nebrida has won PDC Asian Tour 18. He came through another strong field with 7/8 seeds making the QFs, beating Reynaldo Rivera 4-1 and, in an all-Filipino last 4, Sandro Sosing 5-4. A high-quality final saw him beat Lourence Ilagan 5-4 for his 4th title of the year.
