Before the main event of the
Dutch Open Darts begins in terms of the singles on Saturday, the first finals are confirmed in the Men's and Women's Pairs with some big names in both draws set to battle it out for the first titles.
The biggest darts tournament in the world kicks off with a Warm-Up on the Thursday and the Pairs on the Friday and it was the women's final that was first to be set early in the evening as
Beau Greaves and
Lorraine Winstanley will face off on opposing teams.
Greaves and Jo Rolls saw off Sophie McKinlay and Lorraine Hyde 3-0 to reach the final, while Winstanley teaming with rising star Paige Pauling defeated Ann-Kathrin Wigmann and Ina Rademacher. In particular Greaves impressed taking a 93.11 rolling average in reaching the final.
While it was two familiar faces also on the men's side as
Brian Raman and
Damian Mol who recently lost their Tour Cards in the PDC returned to action and will face Jeroen Mioch and Jimmy van Schie, two Dutchman in the final for the title.
Results Dutch Open Darts
Men's Pairs
Quarter-Finals
Johann Brouwer/Marco Hoorn 3-1 Jan-Willem van Hout/Hendrie van Berkel
Damian Mol/Brian Raman 3-2 Michel van Roon/Winston van de Graaf
Jimmy van Schie/Jeroen Mioch 3-0 Robin Smees/Wesley Harms
Nigel van Milligen/Nick Crouwel 3-2 Lars Moinet/Sydnee de Vries
Semi-Finals
Damian Mol/Brian Raman 4-1 Johann Brouwer/Marco Hoorn
Jimmy van Schie/Jeroen Mioch 4-1 Nigel van Milligen/Nick Crouwel
Final
Damian Mol/Brian Raman v Jimmy van Schie/Jeroen Mioch
Ladies Pairs
Quarter-Finals
Jo Rolls/Beau Greaves 3-2 Aileen de Graaf/Anca Zijlstra
Sophie Mckinlay/Lorraine Hyde 3-2 Rhian O'Sullivan/Christine Savvery
Lorraine Winstanley/Paige Pauling 3-1 Priscilla Steenbergen/Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ann-Kathrin Wigmann/Ina Rademacher 3-2 Wibke Riemann/Julia Siek
Semi-Finals
Jo Rolls/Beau Greaves 3-0 Sophie Mckinlay/Lorraine Hyde
Lorraine Winstanley/Paige Pauling 3-0 Ann-Kathrin Wigmann/Ina Rademacher
Final
Jo Rolls/Beau Greaves v Lorraine Winstanley/Paige Pauling