Suljovic Maintains GDC Lead

MENSUR SULJOVIC and Michael Rosenauer were the winners in the latest round of German Darts Corporation events last weekend.

Suljovic maintained his position at the head of the GDC rankings by winning Sunday's tournament at the Ramada Hotel in Hurth, as well as finishing as runner-up on Saturday.

He was defeated 3-1 in the final of Saturday's event by Michael Rosenauer, who consolidated second place in the rankings with his performance.

Rosenauer was a straight sets winner in the semi-finals against Maik Langendorf, after being taken to five sets in the quarters by Marc Chwialkowsky.

On Sunday, Suljovic came from a set down in the final against Kevin Munch to take a 3-1 win.

He had also defeated Andree Welge and Olaf Tupuschis by the same scoreline in the semis and quarters respectively.

Welge's run to the semis moved him up to third in the GDC rankings, narrowly ahead of Anton Pein, Dietmar Burger and Hannes Schnier.

GDC Ranking Event Five (Saturday)
Quarter-Finals

Maik Langendorf 3-1 Stephan Wusch
Colin Rice 3-1 Tobias Hontsch
Michael Rosenauer 3-2 Marc Chwialkowsky
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Andree Welge

Semi-Finals
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Colin Rice
Michael Rosenauer 3-0 Maik Langendorf

Final
Michael Rosenauer 3-1 Mensur Suljovic

GDC Ranking Event Six (Sunday)
Quarter-Finals

Kevin Munch 3-0 Karsten Koch
Andree Welge 3-1 Dietmar Burger
Hannes Schnier 3-2 Anton Pein
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Olaf Tupuschis

Semi-Finals
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Andree Welge
Kevin Munch 3-1 Hannes Schnier

Final
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 Kevin Munch