Gabriel Clemens and Daniel Klose have been knocked out of the 24th Players Championship tournament of 2024 after just the first round. Klose narrowly lost to Joe Cullen in the Decider, while the German Giant was defeated by Scottish player Darren Beveridge with a score of 4-6.
In addition to Clemens and Klose, other big names like Brendan Dolan, Michael Smith, Scott Williams, and Radek Szaganski have also been eliminated from the tournament. Dolan lost 2-6 to Christian Kist, while Michael Smith had to acknowledge Ted Evetts‘ superiority with a score of 6-2. Niels Zonneveld defeated Scott Williams 6-3, and Wessel Nijman beat Radek Szaganski 6-1.
Many Tour Card holders are choosing to skip one or more Players Championship tournaments this week. A total of 19 players are absent from the tournaments, with four of them not participating in any of the three tournaments, while the remaining 15 players either withdrew or did not sign up for the entire block of tournaments.
Players like Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price, James Wade, and Martin Schindler will not be traveling to Wigan for the tournament. Van Gerwen is still unwell, which also prevented him from participating in the two Players Championship tournaments last week, and he will also miss the Swiss Darts Trophy.
Here is the list of absent Tour Card holders:
– Ronny Huybrechts
– Paul Krohne
– Jacques Labre
– Adrian Lewis
– Haupai Puha
– Pascal Rupprecht
– Michele Turetta
– Adam Smith-Neale
– Leighton Bennett
– Callan Rydz
– Martin Schindler
– James Wade
– Michael van Gerwen
– Peter Wright
– Jim Williams
– Gerwyn Price
– Cameron Menzies (only PC24)
– Chris Dobey (only PC24)
– Jurjen van der Velde (only PC24)
– Jonny Clayton (only PC26)
Replacement players have been called in to fill the spots:
– Connor Scutt
– Wesley Plaisier
– Christian Kist
– Danny Jansen
– Andy Boulton
– Jimmy van Schie
– Lee Cocks
– Darryl Pilgrim
– Alexander Merkx
– Justin Hood
– Richie Burnett
– Stefan Bellmont
– Jamie Atkins
– John Henderson
– Rene Eidams
– Cam Crabtree
– Dominik Gruellich
– Stefaan Henderyck
– Reece Colley
– Ted Evetts
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