Wattimena only Dutchman in last 16 of PC9 2021

25-04-2021

Wim Blokpoel - Yesterday the third Super Series of the year with 4 more Players Championship tournaments started. Event 9 saw a lot of withdrawals, and a lot of Dutch replacements. Without Harms and De Zwaan playing, we did have Van de Pas, Peters, Kist, De Vreede, Pronk, Vos, Doets, Proosten, Van den Bogaard and Van der Meer.

The best run of the day came from Westervoort’s Jermaine Wattimena. He started with a 6-3 win against Kim Huybrechts, followed by a 6-2 win over fellow Dutchman Derk Telnekes in round 2. In his board final Wattimena only averaged 86 but it was enough to beat Matthew Edgar 6-4. Wattimena’s best average came in the last 16: 94.6, but he still lost 4-6 to Matchplay Champion Dimitri van den Bergh.

4 more Dutchmen made their board final. Martijn Kleermaker averaged 90.5 in a comfortable win over Gary Blades in round 1. In the last 64 Kleermaker demolished Josh Payne 6-1. However, in the last 32 Kleermaker got demolished himself, 0-6 by van den Bergh.

Ron the Bomb Meulenkamp had a Dutch day. In round 1 he had a 6-2 win against Patrick van den Bogaard and in round 2 there was another 6-2 win against a fellow Dutchman: Luc Peters. In his board final Meulenkamp was beaten 3-6 by Jason Lowe.

Danny Noppert had another decent day on the pro tour. A 6-2 win in round 1 against Adam Gawlas, and then in round 2 an average of almost 94 in beating Steve Beaton 6-4. In round 3 Noppert lost 4-6 to Jamie Hughes.

Former Lakeside World Champion Christian Kist was back in action as one of the replacements. And how! Kist averaged 95.6 in beating Dutch star Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4. In round 2 Kist played on stream and won comfortably 6-3 against Croatian Pero Ljubic. The board final was also the end for Kist as he lost 2-6 to German Gabriel Clemens.

As mentioned Telnekes and Peters lost to fellow Dutchmen in round 2. Before that they respectivly won against Lisa Ashton (6-3) and Madars Razma (6-4). 3 more Dutch wins to go. Geert Nentjes beat fellow Dutchman Lorenzo Pronk 6-1 in round 1, but then lost 3-6 to Nick Kenny. Young Niels Zonneveld from Uitgeest started with a 6-4 win over Welshman Jon Worsley, but lost in round 2 despite averaging over 98, 4-6 to eventual finalist Luke Humphries. Finally, Kevin Doets beat Jack Main 6-2, but then lost 4-6 on the stream to Gabriel Clemens in the last 64.

Some first round Dutch defeats have not been mentioned yet. They came from: Michael van Gerwen (4-6 against Josh Payne), Vincent van der Voort (5-6 against Sebastian Bialecki), Berry van Peer (0-6 against Damon Heta), Benito van de Pas (4-6 against Ross Smith), Davy Proosten (3-6 against Justin Pipe), Raymond van Barneveld (3-6 against Ryan Meikle), Maik Kuivenhoven (1-6 against José de Sousa), Gino Vos (2-6 against Max Hopp), Vincent van der Meer (2-6 against Andy Boulton), Ryan de Vreede (1-6 against Michael Smith) and Jelle Klaasen (2-6 against Steve Lennon).