Jelle Klaasen and Noa-Lynn van Leuven take titles at WDF Malta Masters

Sunday, 05 November 2023 at 12:00

There were two Dutch successes to celebrate Saturday night at the WDF Malta Masters. Jelle Klaasen and Noa-Lynn van Leuven won the singles tournaments at the Malta Masters.

Klaasen, seeded first in Malta, successively defeated Andrew Ingmann (4-1), George Ebejer (4-1), Anthony Borg (4-0), Gabriel Rollo (4-0), Hannes Schnier (4-2), Alexander Merkx (4-1) and Mark Barilli (5-3) to claim the title.

Among the women, Van Leuven ran away with the overall victory. She dealt with Nananko Shimizu (4-1), Tracy North (4-1), Lerena Rietbergen (4-1), Kirsty Hutchinson (4-0) and Lena Zollikofer (5-2).

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Results Malta Masters

Gentlemen

Quarterfinals

Jelle Klaasen 4-2 Hannes Schnier

Alexander Merkx 4-1 Marc Burmeister

Mark Barilli 4-1 Thomas Junghans

Darren Johnson 4-2 Hendrie van Berkel

Semi-final

Jelle Klaasen 4-1 Alexander Merkx

Mark Barilli 4-3 Darren Johnson

Final

Jelle Klaasen 5-3 Mark Barilli

Ladies

Quarterfinals

Lena Zollikofer 4-1 Anna Hlavova

Fae Micol 4-3 Britta Gabriel

Kirsty Hutchinson 4-1 Rebecca Brouse

Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4-1 Lerena Rietbergen

Semi-final

Lena Zollikofer 4-1 Anna Hlavova

Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4-0 Kirsty Hutchinson

Final

Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-2 Lena Zollikofer

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KLAASEN WINS IN MALTA! Jelle Klaasen is the Malta Masters champion after beating Mark Barilli 5-3 in the final. From 2-0 down, 'The Cobra' won five of the next six legs to claim his third WDF ranking title of the year.