World Darts Championship: Gary Anderson begins quest for third title with win over Simon Whitlock | Darts News

Gary Anderson sinks 112 and 116 checkouts as ‘The Flying Scotsman’ demolishes Simon Whitlock for opening win; the World Darts Championship runs all the best way till the ultimate on January 3, 2024 – we’re again on Sunday afternoon at 12.30pm, dwell on Sky Sports activities Darts

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A glance again at a few of the finest motion from Night time Two of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace

Gary Anderson was again on the Alexandra Palace stage and in relentless kind because the 52-year-old crushed Simon Whitlock to cruise by way of on the World Darts Championship on Saturday.

The 2-time World Champion might at the moment be ranked 21 on the planet however he has statistically performed higher than anybody on the PDC circuit this 12 months.

The legendary Scot, who turns 53 on December 22, will get pleasure from his Christmas at house after racing by way of the opening set in 11, 14 and 18 darts with a mean near 105.

Anderson, watched on by tennis star Jamie Murray, then defied a 106 checkout from the Aussie to clinch set two 3-1 and double his lead with three 180s to his identify.

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Anderson defeated Whitlock within the second spherical with this spectacular 116 checkout

He quickly wrapped up a 3-0 with an aesthetic 116 end to finish the competition with a neat 98.3 common and 5 180s.

“The extra I play, the extra I get used to it, so fingers crossed. However I nonetheless need to be 35 once more,” Anderson advised Sky Sports activities.

The flashy Scott Williams left his kind on the Tour behind him as he rolled his well beyond Japan’s former World Cup of Darts semi-finalist Haruki Muramatsu to succeed in the subsequent spherical.

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Williams tried a no-look 180, then adopted it up with a 120 checkout in his first leg

‘Shaggy’ opening the match with a 120 checkout and even tried a blind 180 on his solution to claiming an edgy set however he swept his method by way of the second with out reply.

Muramatsu claimed the third set to halve the deficit, however Williams sealed the deal when he nailed a show-stopping 127 on the bullseye to arrange a conflict in opposition to Danny Noppert on Thursday.

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Williams rounded off his win over Muramatsu this sensational 127 on the bull

Jamie Hughes lastly tasted success at Ally Pally on the fifth time of asking to succeed in the second spherical with a 3-1 victory in opposition to David Cameron.

The Tipton ace referred to as ‘Yozza’ sealed the victory on double eight earlier than displaying loads of emotion on the large stage as he arrange a gathering with Krzysztof Ratajski of Poland.

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Jamie Hughes set free all his feelings after his first ever victory on the Ally Pally stage

Keane Barry missed a complete of 26 darts at a double, whereas his Filipino opponent Reynaldo Rivera failed with 22 makes an attempt, however it was the Irishman who pinned a Shanghai 120 checkout on his solution to a slow-burner of a win and a conflict in opposition to three-time champion Michael van Gerwen on Tuesday night.

Chizzy makes profitable begin on Saturday afternoon

Dave Chisnall has struggled for kind on the televised stage in 2023, however has picked up three European Tour titles in addition to profitable two Gamers Championship occasions

Dave Chisnall broke the guts of an emotional Cameron Menzies, who missed 5 darts to power a deciding set with the St Helens thrower finally coming by way of a tough second-round tie 3-1.

Former Lakeside Championship semi-finalist Menzies spent Friday morning plumbing earlier than taking to the largest stage in world darts to defeat Rusty-Jake Rodriguez within the opening spherical.

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Cameron Menzies could not cover his emotion after dropping to Dave Chisnall and exiting the World Darts Championship within the second spherical

And he made a very good begin however ‘Chizzy’ recovered from a set all the way down to reel off three in a row and full a tremendous victory over the Scot with six 180s alongside the best way.

Earlier, Connor Scutt was the choose of the gamers concerned within the first-round matches, returning a 95.97 common on his solution to a 3-0 whitewash victory over Krzysztof Kciuk of Poland.

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Darren Penhall breezes the primary two legs of the third set, taking out a 108 and 120 in opposition to Jules van Dongen

Darren Penhall offered some extravagant moments throughout his 3-1 victory over Jules van Dongen, taking out three ton-plus finishes, whereas Lee Evans overcame Sandro Eric Sosing 3-0 to e book a second-round assembly with the in-form Luke Humphries.

What’s occurring on Sunday on the World Darts Championship?

Fallon Sherrock makes her highly-anticipated return to Ally Pally. Can the ‘Queen of the Palace’ trigger one other seismic tungsten shock?

Luke Humphries – who has received three of the game’s final 4 TV rating titles – will headline the motion when he takes on Lee Evans.

Former Masters champion Joe Cullen will even characteristic, whereas Fallon Sherrock goes head-to-head with quick-fire Dutchman Jermaine Wattimena on her Alexandra Palace return.

The game’s largest occasion sees 96 gamers compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy and £2.5m in prize cash at Alexandra Palace. You’ll be able to watch all of the motion dwell on our devoted Sky Sports activities Darts channel.

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