Prior to the big stuff at the Dutch Open Darts, there was a warm-up tournament on Thursday for the men and ladies. Luitzen Elzinga and Noa-Lynn van Leuven emerged winners there.
The men's tournament was surprisingly won by Elzinga. With victories over Roemer Mooijman (3-2), Daan Bastiaansen (3-1) and Wesley Plaisier (4-3) among others, he qualified for the final match. In the final Elzinga proved too strong for Tonny Veenhof (5-2).
Van Leuven conceded only four legs in her six matches until the final. Only Lerena Rietbergen came close, but lost 3-2 to the Dutchwoman. Van Leuven eventually prevailed in the final 4-2 against Sabrina Dikhoff-Jongenotter.
Results warm-up tournament
Gentlemen
Quarterfinals
Wesley Plaisier 4-2 Jurjen van der Velde
Luitzen Elzinga 4-3 Lejo Bakker
Tonny Veenhof 4-1 Kevin Mast
Mike van Leeuwen 4-2 Rene Kok
Semi-final
Luitzen Elzinga 4-3 Wesley Plaisier
Tonny Veenhof 4-2 Mike van Leeuwen
Finale
Luitzen Elzinga 5-2 Tonny Veenhof
Ladies
Semi-final
Sabrina Dikhoff-Jongenotter 3-1 Anca Zijlstra
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3-1 Anna Votavova
Finale
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4-2 Sabrina Dikhoff-Jongenotter