Nathan Aspinall heeft afgelopen zondag zijn eerste TV-toernooi gewonnen op de Ladbrokes UK Open. Hij gooide een 170 finish in de laatste leg van de wedstrijd. Hij versloeg Rob Cross met 11-5 in de finale.
Aspinall was de eerste speler die voor het toernooi buiten de top 32 van de wereld stond en het toernooi wist te winnen sinds 2012 en pas de tweede speler die een PDC TV-toernooi weet te winnen met een 170 finish.
Aspinall pakte afgelopen december £100.000 toen hij de halve finales van het WK haalde, en voegde daar gisteren nog eens £100.000 aan toe.
ASPINALL: "I've worked so hard to get this far and to win this title is just a truly amazing feeling,
[In 2014] my grandad and I were sat in the crowd and I told him I'm as good as the players up there, and now here I am lifting the trophy on this stage, it's just unreal.
I want to thank my family because I'm away a lot so this is for them and I'd like to thank everyone for their support.
The standard is so tough now, it was a long day for us both and neither Rob nor I played like we can in the final but I'm just so happy to get the win."
CROSS: "Full credit to Nathan, he played well but I had nothing left which is a great shame,
This tournament was a massive start to my career in 2016 and it was great to play well here in front of this amazing crowd again.
Unfortunately I came up just short in the final but take nothing away from Nathan, he was pure class all the way through."
Ladbrokes UK Open 2019
Zondag 3 maart
Middagsessie
Kwartfinales
Rob Cross 10-7 Josh Payne
Michael Smith 10-1 Steve Beaton
Gerwyn Price 10-5 Simon Stevenson
Nathan Aspinall 10-6 Ross Smith
Avondsessie
Halve finales
Nathan Aspinall 11-9 Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross 11-7 Michael Smith
Finale
Nathan Aspinall 11-5 Rob Cross
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