Gary Anderson miscalculates in the decider and wins anyway
The numbers weren’t right, but the result in the end was: Gary Anderson after his mistake
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Gary Anderson is in a World Cup quarter-finals for the ninth time. The Scot defeated Rob Cross despite a strange mistake. Peter Wright and James Wade showed no nakedness. “The Machine” named his two favorite players after the 4-0 win.
Dhe quarter-finalists at the Darts World Cup have been determined. After Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith had already reached the quarter-finals on Wednesday, 24 hours later James Wade, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright moved into the round of the last eight players.
“Snakebite” defeated Ryan Searle surprisingly 4-1 and was still not really challenged at this world championship before his quarter-finals against the young Callan Rydz.
“Ryan is an incredible player. He’s going to be a top five player, but it wasn’t his evening, “said Wright,” and I wasn’t at all comfortable with my throw either. “At least it was an average of 98.61. The double rate only fell to 37.1 percent in the last sentence. Wright converted his sixth match dart.
Searle only set a high point with a 151 checkout at 1: 2 in the meantime. For Wright, the hunt for his second world title on January 1st is likely to be much more difficult. Callan Rydz also presented himself in dazzling form in the 4-1 win against Alan Soutar from Scotland.
Not a good feeling: Peter Wright won his round of 16 easily
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Anderson changes glasses
Even if Gary Anderson has not quite reached his highest level, it was enough to win against Rob Cross despite some capital mistakes. For Anderson it is already the ninth World Cup quarter-finals of his career. “I’ve aged quite a bit,” said the Scot after the win, which he could have made perfect a lot earlier. “I missed so many doubles,” complained the 51-year-old, who had already led 3-1 in sets.
Cross could not build on his strong performances from the previous rounds, played an average of 93.36 points. The double rate of 44.4 percent was correct, but the scoring with only four 180s was ultimately too weak.
Strong from Anderson that he caught himself again after the Englishman had equalized the sentences. Especially since he had miscalculated in the decider of the sixth sentence or recognized a wrong hit image – and fell out on 129 points. He had already changed his glasses during the match.
In the decisive round he was even able to afford to award his first three match darts on the double 20, as Cross then prevented himself from checking out with a missed 19.
Anderson now meets Luke Humphries, who had prevailed in a thriller. “He played a strong match against Chris Dobey. I’m looking forward to it, ”said Anderson.
James Wade’s bizarre statement
James Wade made it to the quarterfinals much easier. The “Machine” outclassed Martijn Kleermaker from the Netherlands 4-0 and commented on his corona-related bye in round three after his walk: “It was nice not to have to play against Vincent van der Voort. I didn’t want to play against him. Vincent van der Voort is a very honest guy. He and Gerwyn Price are the two nicest people in darts. “
Wade now faces Mervyn King. Like Humphries and Rydz, the 55-year-old had already won his round of 16 in the afternoon. With his 4: 3 against Raymond Smith, King secured the tour ticket for the German Max Hopp in the decisive set. In the event of a defeat, the “Maximiser” would have dropped out of the top 64 in the world rankings and would have lost his eligibility to play on the professional tour after seven years.
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Darts World Cup, round of 16, results
Gerwyn Price (WAL / 1) – Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED / 17) 4: 1
Jonny Clayton (WAL/8) – Michael Smith (ENG/9) 3:4 n.V.
Raymond Smith (AUS) – Mervyn King (ENG / 21) 3: 4
Alan Soutar (SCO) – Callan Rydz (ENG) 1:4
Chris Dobey (ENG / 30) – Luke Humphries (ENG / 19) 3: 4 nV
James Wade (ENG/4) – Martijn Kleermaker (NED) 4:0
Gary Anderson (SCO/6) – Rob Cross (ENG/11) 4:3
Peter Wright (SCO/2) – Ryan Searle (ENG/15) 4:1
Darts World Cup, quarter-finals, January 1st
1.30 p.m.
Quarter Finals 1
Quarter Finals 2
8 p.m.
Quarter Finals 3
Quarter-finals 4
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