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The two-time winner Gary Anderson endured a 54th birthday to forget as he crashed out of the PDC World Darts Championship following a shock second-round defeat by Jeffrey de Graaf.
The Scot, champion in 2015 and 2016, hit just three of his 20 checkout attempts as he was whitewashed 3-0 to fall in his opening match of the tournament for the first time. Anderson was the highest profile casualty on a day of upsets at Alexandra Palace in London following exits for fellow seeded players Ross Smith, Martin Schindler, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Ritchie Edhouse.
Written by PA Media
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/22/pdc-world-championship-darts-report-day-eight under the title “Former champion Gary Anderson crashes out of PDC world championship”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
