Owen exits in last 32 as Welsh run ends at Players Championship 30
Archive article. Published on Wed 23 Sept, 11:12. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Rob Owen’s run at Players Championship 30 ended in the last 32 on Wednesday 23 September, when Steve Lennon beat him 6–2 in Den Bosch. Owen was the last Welsh player remaining after Nick Kenny and Rhys Griffin lost in the opening round.
Welsh match path
- Rob Owen, last 128
- Won 6–5
- Rob Owen, last 64
- Won 6–1
- Rob Owen, last 32
- Lost 2–6
- Nick Kenny, last 128
- Lost 4–6
- Rhys Griffin, last 128
- Lost 2–6
Two wins before the exit
Owen opened with a 6–5 victory over Kim Huybrechts, then beat Ryan Meikle 6–1 to reach the last 32. His 6–2 defeat by Lennon brought an end to a day on which he won two matches and played three.
Kenny and Griffin beaten in round one
Kenny lost 6–4 to Thomas Lovely, while Griffin went out 6–2 to Kevin Doets. The PDC tournament record identifies those three players as the Welsh entrants.
The ranking comparisons
Owen is listed 61st in the tournament feed: he beat Huybrechts, ranked 51st, before losing to Lennon, ranked 130th. Kenny, listed 65th, lost to Lovely in 86th; Griffin, listed 123rd, faced Doets in 27th. Those are the rankings supplied with this tournament record.