Paul Lim successfully defends WDF title in Mongolia

Paul Lim has won the Ulaanbataar Open for the second year in a row. In the final of the WDF tournament in Mongolia, he won 5-1 over Royden Lam with an average of 84.74.

The 70-year-old darter from Singapore managed to win over Yoshihisa Baba (4-3), Batbold Tumurchudur (4-2) and Alain Abiabi (4-2), among others, on his way to the Ulaanbataar final.

Earlier this week, Lim had already reached the semifinals of the Mongolian Open. As a result, he earned a total of 62 points for the Asian-Pacific qualifying race for entry into the WDF World Championship at Lakeside. Lim topped that ranking, allowing him to dream of a return to Lakeside where he managed to throw a historic nine-darter in 1990.

WDF Ulaanbaatar Open

Last 16

Paul Lim 4-3 Yoshihisa Baba

Batbold Tumurchudur 4-2 Purevloov Tungalag

Odkhuu Khundaganai 4-1 Boldbaatar Bayarmagnai

Alain Abiabi 4-3 Yuanjun Liu

Bulgan-Erdene Bishbat 4-1 Nitin Kumar

Royden Lam 4-1 Tuvshinbayar Sarangerel

Yuta Hayashi 4-3 Altantulkhuur Myagmarsuren

Yesuntumur Gantumur 4-0 Lihao Wen

Quarterfinals

Paul Lim 4-2 Batbold Tumurchudur

Alain Abiabi 4-0 Odkhuu Khundaganai

Royden Lam 4-3 Bulgan-Erdene Bishbat

Yesuntumur Gantumur 4-0 Yuta Hayashi

Semi-final

Paul Lim 4-2 Alain Abiabi

Royden Lam 4-1 Yesuntumur Gantumur

Finale

Paul Lim 5-1 Royden Lam