Brother of Dimitri van den Bergh wins first WDF title in Sweden

Dimitri van den Bergh does not appear to be the only darts talent in his family. His little brother Xanti managed to win his first WDF title at the Swedish Open in Malmo last Saturday.

The Swedish Open is one of the bigger open tournaments on the WDF calendar. Big names like Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson, Rod Harrington, Roland Scholten, Raymond van Barneveld and Erik Clarys once won there. Xanti van den Bergh is now following in the footsteps of his illustrious compatriot Clarys by becoming the second Belgian to take the Swedish Open title.

The 20-year-old Belgian successively defeated Mikkel Bak (4-2), James Beeton (4-3), Viktor Tingstrom (4-3), John Scott (4-3), Moreno Blom (4-2), Ryan Hogarth (5-2) and Tonni Sorensen (6-4) to secure the title.

In the ladies, the final victory went to Aletta Wajer. In a Dutch final, she was 5-2 too strong for Anca Zijlstra, after Wajer had previously defeated Kirstine Christensen (4-0), Rebecca Brouse (4-3), Ina Rademacher (4-1) and Henriette Honore (4-0).

Results WDF Swedish Open

Gentlemen

Last 16

Ryan Hogarth 4-3 Alex Williams

Dafydd Edwards 4-3 Thobias Johnsson

Moreno Blom 4-2 Aaron Turner

Xanti van den Bergh 4-3 John Scott

Thomas Junghans 4-0 Willem van Putten

Tonni Sorensen 4-2 Michael Mogensen

Brian Lokken 4-3 Pontus Danielsson

Dave ladley 4-0 Jim Cawaing

Quarterfinals

Ryan Hogarth 4-0 Dafydd Edwards

Xanti van den Bergh 4-2 Moreno Blom

Tonni Sorensen 4-3 Thomas Junghans

Brian Lokken 4-3 Dave Ladley

Semi-final

Xanti van den Bergh 5-2 Ryan Hogarth

Tonni Sorensen 5-2 Brian Lokken

Final

Xanti van den Bergh 6-4 Tonni Sorensen

Ladies

Last 16

Aileen de Graaf 4-1 Jojo Rolls

Priscilla Steenbergen 4-0 Natalie Gilbert

Anca Zijlstra 4-1 Michelle Merlit

Paula Jacklin 4-1 Kirsi Viinikainen

Aletta Wajer 4-3 Rebecca Brouse

Ina Rademacher 4-3 Greta Tekauer

Kirsty Hutchinson 4-2 Kristiina Korpi

Henriette Honore 4-2 Anna Forsmark

Quarterfinals

Priscilla Steenbergen 4-3 Aileen de Graaf

Anca Zijlstra 4-3 Paula Jacklin

Aletta Wajer 4-1 Ina Rademacher

Henriette Honore 4-1 Kirsty Hutchinson

Semi-final

Anca Zijlstra 4-2 Priscilla Steenbergen

Aletta Wajer 4-0 Henriette Honore

Final

Aletta Wajer 5-2 Anca Zijlstra