Players Championship Finals draw confirmed with Luke Littler not qualifying for event in Minehead
The line-up for the Players Championship Finals in Minehead is set, and Luke Littler failed to qualify to defend his title. Dutchman Wessel Nijman is the top seed after six Players Championship titles this year.
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A escalação do Players Championship Finals, em Minehead, está definida, com Luke Littler impossibilitado de defender o título.
Littler pulou eventos demais do Players Championship deste ano, disputados com portas fechadas, para ter uma chance realista de entrar no top 64 do ranking da ProTour e garantir um lugar no último evento antes do Alexandra Palace.
Também estão ausentes Josh Rock e Nathan Aspinall, embora a maioria dos grandes nomes esteja presente, e o holandês Wessel Nijman é o cabeça de chave número 1 após vencer seis eventos do Players Championship neste ano.
Nijman estreia contra o inglês Henry Coates, o último classificado, enquanto o favorito Luke Humphries encara Darryl Pilgrim. Michael van Gerwen, sete vezes campeão do evento, pega Connor Scutt, e Gary Anderson e Rob Cross, ambos ex-campeões mundiais, podem se encontrar na segunda rodada. Beau Graves enfrenta o ex-campeão de Lakeside Christian Kist, e Gerwyn Price contra Gian van Veen pode ser um confronto empolgante se os dois vencerem suas estreias.
A programação será confirmada depois; o torneio vai de 27 a 29 de novembro.
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