'The Sniper' hits the mark and wins his second Challenge Tour title
PDCFriday, 16 August 2024 at 20:20
The seventeenth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour 2024 has fallen to Connor Scutt. 'The Sniper' captured his second career Challenge Tour title in Milton Keynes on Friday.
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The Englishman needed to win eight matches to record his tournament victory. He defeated Rene Eidams (5-1), Gethyn Bennett (5-3), Ultan McDyer (5-1), Ted Evetts (5-3) and Adam Lipscombe (5-4) to secure a spot in the quarterfinals.
In the last eight, Scutt proved too strong for Darius Labanauskas, 5-1, before settling with Carl Wilson (5-3) to qualify for the final. Tom Sykes became the opponent in the final after Sykes defeated Jimmy van Schie (5-2) and Bradley Brooks (5-2), among others. The final was then won 5-3 by Scutt.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. On this tour, starting tickets for the 2024 Pro Tour and Tour Cards for 2025 and 2026 can be earned. The highest-ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit qualify for the reserve spots at the Players Championship tournaments.
Results PDC Challenge Tour 17
Last 32
John O'Shea 5 | 1 Dennie Olde Kalter
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Callum Francis 5 | 3 Thomas Lovely
Shane McGuirk 5 | 2 Daniel Ayres
Dominik Gruellich 5 | 3 Dragutin Horvat
Tom Sykes 5 | 2 Jimmy van Schie
Kai Fan Leung 5 | 3 Vitezslav Sedlak
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James Richardson 5 | 2 Kai Gotthardt
Bradley Brooks 5 | 2 Simon Perkins
David Davies 5 | 2 Christian Kist
Sebastian Bialecki 5 | 0 Fallon Sherrock
Carl Wilson 5 | 4 Steve Hine
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Ciaran Teehan 5 | 4 Kevin McDine
Darius Labanauskas 5 | 1 Thomas Banks
Joe Croft 5 | 1 Ryan Harrington
Adam Lipscombe 5 | 4 Derk Telnekes
Connor Scutt 5 | 3 Ted Evetts
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Last 16
John O'Shea 5 | 3 Callum Francis
Dominik Gruellich 5 | 2 Shane McGuirk
Tom Sykes 5 | 3 Kai Fan Leung
Bradley Brooks 5 | 1 James Richardson
David Davies 5 | 2 Sebastian Bialecki
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Carl Wilson 5 | 1 Ciaran Teehan
Darius Labanauskas 5 | 1 Joe Croft
Connor Scutt 5 | 4 Adam Lipscombe
Quarterfinals
Dominik Gruellich 5 | 2 John O'Shea
Tom Sykes 5 | 2 Bradley Brooks
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Carl Wilson 5 | 2 David Davies
Connor Scutt 5 | 1 Darius Labanauskas
Semi-final
Tom Sykes 5 | 1 Dominik Gruellich
Connor Scutt 5 | 3 Carl Wilson
Final
Connor Scutt 5 | 3 Tom Sykes
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