Players Championships in Germany
Posted 24/03/2008

Robert was in Germany this weekend. He was very unlucky at Saturdays event losing out in the final leg to Adrian Gray "The Conqueror". However, on the Sunday he reached the last 32, including a defeat over Adrian Gray, just a day after losing out to him the day before.

His progress at both events can be seen below:

Saturday - 22/03/08

First Round : Robert Watson-Lang 2-3 Adrian Gray (1-2, 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 1-2)

Robert was drawn against Adrian Gray in the first round of Saturdays event. He started brightly taking the first leg of the match against the throw, only for Adrian to win the next two and claim the first set. Robert then produced some great darts and won both the next two sets by 2 legs to 1. This now meant that Bobstar only needed to hold his throw in the fourth set and he would win the match. This set proved to be just as close as the previous ones, but it was Adrian who won the set including a 170 finish. In the final set, the score was at 1-1 when Bobstar wired the double 16 for a 112 checkout before Adrian won the match with his next throw.

Sunday - 23/03/08

Preliminary Round: Robert Watson-Lang 3-0 Franz Paulus (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)

First Round: Robert Watson-Lang 3-0 Marz Krickhahn (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Last 64: Robert Watson-Lang 3-2 Adrian Gray (1-2, 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 2-0)

Last 32: Robert Watson-Lang 0-3 Adrian Lewis (0-2, 1-2, 0-2)

At Sundays event, Robert was in fine form, winning his first two matches 3-0, without dropping a single leg. This set him up to face Adrian Gray for the second time in so many days, in their board final. The match was very similar to the day before with nearly every set going all the way, however it was Bobstar who found the extra gear to win the match this time. Bobstar was now up against world number 6 Adrian "Jackpot" Lewis in the last 32. He started brilliantly and was unlucky to miss 2 darts at double in the very first leg before Adrian checked out. This proved to be a fairly vital point in the game as Adrian then produced some superb darts and it wasn't until fourth leg that Bobstar got another shot at a double. However, this time he took his chance and pulled the set back to 1-1. Adrian Lewis then stepped it up a level, whilst at the same time Bobstar had no fewer than 4 bounce outs throughout the rest of the game and Adrian went on to win the match 3-0.

A great performance from Bobstar this weekend, who aims to continue to produce the same quality of darts and achieve further success in the upcoming tournaments.

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