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