Mission Recap – O’Sullivan Wins Dutch Open To Secure Lakeside Return

Mission Recap – O’Sullivan Wins Dutch Open To Secure Lakeside Return

Rhian O’Sullivan won through a field of more than 350 players to lift the Dutch Open women’s singles title for the first time in Assen at the weekend.

The Welsh captain defeated home favourite Lerena Rietbergen 5-2 in Sunday’s final at De Bonte Wever to clinch the title, which also secured her an automatic spot in the 2025 WDF Lakeside Women’s World Championship at the end of the year.

It was the second of two titles that O’Sullivan won in the Netherlands last week, with the two-time Lakeside runner-up starting her campaign by winning the women’s warm-up singles on Thursday.

O’Sullivan dropped just two legs in six matches, wrapping up the title with an impressive 96.97 average in the final against Peggy Mols.

In the Dutch Open women’s singles, O’Sullivan cruised through to the last 16 without losing a single leg, a run which included an eye-catching 102.48 average in the last 128.

A 4-2 victory over Natalie Gilbert was followed by two nail-biting wins against the two players who had won the previous four Dutch Open titles.

After edging past the four-time winner Aileen de Graaf 4-3 in the quarter-finals, O’Sullivan produced some excellent finishing to knock out the defending champion Beau Greaves by the same scoreline in the last four.

The Dutch Open is the biggest open darts tournament in the world, with the 2025 edition attracting more than 4,600 entries across all of the events.

Thomas Junghans enjoyed a run to the quarter-finals of the largest competition, the men’s singles, which boasted a field of 4,175 players.

‘TJ’ won nine matches in a row to reach the last eight, where he lost out to the Dutchman Danny van Trijp 5-1.

Teenager Dylan van Lierop made his mark with a run to the last 32, winning seven matches in his home tournament which included a 90.28 average in the last 4096.

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Last week saw the first PDC ranking event of 2025 take place with the revamped World Masters in Milton Keynes.

An expanded field included 23 players from Team Mission and the Mission Academy in action, including 17-year-old Kieran Thompson, who posted a 102.49 average in a 2-0 win over Germany’s Kai Gotthardt in the preliminary rounds.

Cam Crabtree, Brett Claydon and Oskar Lukasiak all won through the group stages, whilst Wessel Nijman was involved in a thriller with fellow Dutchman Gian van Veen in the knockout stages of the preliminary rounds.

Nijman checked out a 170 for a 12-dart hold of throw to force a deciding leg, only for his opponent to return the favour with a 12 darter on throw, checking out 121 on the bull to progress to the next round.

With only eight spots up for grabs in the televised stages, Dylan Slevin came the closest to taking one of those places. Wins over Ryan Branley and Daryl Gurney took the Irishman through to the last round of the qualifiers, where he lost out to Kevin Doets.

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András Borbély will make his second appearance on the PDC European Tour later this year after winning through the Eastern Europe Qualifiers at the weekend.

The 19-year-old beat Petr Krivka 6-5 in the final of the fourth qualifier to book his spot in the German Darts Grand Prix in Munich in April.

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Graham Hall secured his spot in this year’s UK Open after winning through the recent UK Open Amateur Qualifiers in Milton Keynes.

‘The G-Man’ saw off Tom Lonsdale 5-4 in the final round of the second qualifier to clinch his place in the field at Butlin’s Minehead at the end of the month.

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Archie Self will make his debut in the MODUS Super Series later this year after winning the ADC Vault South East & London Regional Qualifier.

The 15-year-old defeated Carl Wilson 6-5 in a closely-fought final, producing a 14-dart leg against the throw in the decider to win the qualifier.

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Lex Paeshuyse’s rise continued with a run to the final of Open Put – a big open tournament in Belgium – where he narrowly lost out to PDC professional Kim Huybrechts.

The 13-year-old JDC world champion battled through a field of 170 players to reach the final of the men’s singles, but was just edged out 6-5 by the world number 46.

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