Owen reaches last 16 at Players Championship 31 before 6–5 defeat
Rob Owen reached the last 16 of Players Championship 31 in Den Bosch on Wednesday 28 October, losing 6–5 to Maik Kuivenhoven in a deciding leg. Owen was the last Welsh player left after Nick Kenny and Rhys Griffin lost in the opening round.
Welsh match path
- Rob Owen, last 128
- Won 6–1
- Rob Owen, last 64
- Won 6–5
- Rob Owen, last 32
- Won 6–3
- Rob Owen, last 16
- Lost 5–6
- Nick Kenny, last 128
- Lost 5–6
- Rhys Griffin, last 128
- Lost 3–6
Three wins before the exit
Owen began with a 6–1 win over Adam Paxton, then beat Dave Chisnall 6–5 and Alexander Merkx 6–3. Kuivenhoven then edged the last-16 match by a single leg.
Kenny and Griffin beaten in round one
Kenny lost 6–5 to Ricardo Pietreczko, a one-leg margin, while Griffin went out 6–3 to Christian Kist. The PDC tournament record identifies those three players as the Welsh entrants.
The ranking comparisons
Owen is listed 62nd in the tournament feed. He beat Paxton, ranked 98th, then Chisnall in 31st and Merkx in 94th, before losing to Kuivenhoven in 72nd. Kenny, listed 65th, lost to Pietreczko in 37th; Griffin, listed 122nd, faced Kist in 79th. Those are the rankings supplied with this tournament record.