Rodriguez Brothers Amongst Qualifiers

BROTHERS Rowby-John and Roxy-James Rodriguez won through the Host Nation Qualifier for the Austrian Darts Open on Thursday night, alongside Zoran Lerchbacher and Nico Mandl.

World Cup ace Rowby-John failed to drop a leg in his wins over Armin Glanzer and Markus Wild as he secured his place in this weekend's £115,000 PDC European Tour event.

Roxy-James, meanwhile, whitewashed Kevin Bernbacher before coming through tighter cames against Gerhard Sorger and Michael Rosenzopf to qualify.

Former World Championship qualifier Lerchbacher only dropped three legs in his wins over Michael Tafner, Johann Eigelsreiter and Aaron Hardy, while Mandl overcame Felix Losan, Josef Hollerer and Michael Rasztovits to secure a European Tour debut.

Austrian Darts Open
First Round

Michael Rasztovits 6-5 Gregor Gorjup
Sedat Berisha 6-4 Michael Ganz
Nico Mandl 6-4 Felix Losan
Josef Hollerer 6-0 Georg Tautscher
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-0 Michael Tafner
Johann Eigelsreiter 6-4 Peter Lauko
Dietmar Burger 6-0 Patrick Schober
Aaron Hardy 6-2 Martin Kurecka
Armin Glanzer 6-1 Josef Schneider
Markus Wild 6-1 Luis Schachner
Mario Fröschl 6-5 Benjamin Fasching
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-0 Kevin Bernbacher
Gerhard Sorger 6-4 Hannes Schnier
Michael Rosenzopf 6-5 Manuel Fischer
Robert Mayer 6-3 Robert Steineck

Second Round
Michael Rasztovits 6-2 Sedat Berisha
Nico Mandl 6-5 Josef Hollerer
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-1 Johann Eigelsreiter
Aaron Hardy 6-0 Dietmar Burger
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-0 Armin Glanzer
Markus Wild 6-1 Mario Fröschl
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-5 Gerhard Sorger
Michael Rosenzopf 6-3 Robert Mayer

Third Round
Nico Mandl 6-4 Michael Rasztovits
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2 Aaron Hardy
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-0 Markus Wild
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-4 Michael Rosenzopf

Host Nation Qualifiers
Nico Mandl
Zoran Lerchbacher
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Roxy-James Rodriguez