Grand Slam of Darts: Raymond van Barneveld dumped out by Mervyn King

Grand Slam of Darts: Raymond van Barneveld dumped out by Mervyn King

 Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld bowed out of the sweep of Darts on Monday following a 5-3 loss to Mervyn King whereas Mark Webster beat Wes Newton during a nine-dart fight.

The European won 2 of his 3 cluster games, however required to win a minimum of four legs on his cluster E clash to stay within the search for an area within the quarter-finals.

King raced into a 2-0 lead courtesy before Van Barneveld fought back to level the competition at 2 to each one. King poor some time past confirmed a sixty three end to maneuver 4-2 before. though Van Barneveld control his next throw he was unable to retort when King\'s sixty two checkout secured a 5-3 win.

When asked what he considered knock out the regnant champion, King replied: \"I do not examine it that means. I had employment to try to to to remain in. It\'s simply unfortunate for Ray it had been against him. I had to win and that i had to win tight to remain in.
"The game set up was to hit him right from the word go that I did and sadly I let him back in, however managed to induce back in following some of lost darts from Raymond. With Ray if you get on him early you\'ll get a win out of the sport generally.\"

Australian Simon Whitlock clenched cluster G despite being overwhelmed 5-4 by Wes Newton. However, the conclusion wasn\'t enough to ensure Newton a spot within the quarters.

A nine-dart fight was needed to separate Newton and Mark Webster, UN agency earlier toppled Ross Smith 5-3.

Shootout

Nine darts weren\'t needed as Newton was unable to provide his best darts as he was outgunned 272 to 199 with Webster still having 3 darts in hand.

Webster can currently tackle Scott Waites. The lakeshore champion lidded cluster H when dismissing AN out-of-sorts Dave \'Chizzy\' Chisnall, UN agency did not win one cluster game at the sweep of Darts.

Waites was solid throughout and even stunned himself that he managed to remain unvanquished within the cluster stages against some top-grade opposition in Wolverhampton.

"I did not expect to win all 3 games,\" aforementioned Waites. \"I thought if I got 2 wins i would scrap through the cluster therefore 3 could be a massive bonus.\"
Robert Thornton suffered a 5-4 loss to Andy \'The Hammer\' Hamilton, however the Scotchman still finished because the winner of cluster F with Hamilton claiming second. Hamilton solely required to win to legs to secure his passage into the last sixteen, however was created to sweat when going 2-0 down.

Hamilton confirmed sixteen and eighteen within the third and fourth legs to take care of his interest within the tournament. The match went right down to a ninth leg that Hamilton won against the throw to secure his second win in 3 matches.

Out on a high

Mark Walsh finished his tournament on a high following a 5-2 success over Justin Pipe, UN agency bowed out of the competition when Hamilton won 2 legs against Thornton later within the evening. Walsh had been thrashed in his 2 previous matches, however excelled with the pressure off.

Although Pipe control for a second time to face the competition at 2 to each one that was nearly as good because it got for Pipe with Walsh sorting out sixty one, {101|one hundred ANd one|a hundred and one|one zero one} and sixty for an emphatic conclusion.

Tony O\'Shea created lightweight work of Ricky Evans, romping to a 5-1 triumph to secure a spot within the last sixteen.

"I was quite affected with myself,\" aforementioned O\'Shea. \"It\'s not the largest crowd I\'ve ever seen, however it\'s still evangelistic. i really like coming back to play here. I appear to choose my game over here.\"

Ted piece of cloth originated a quarter-final clash against Whitlock when beating child archangel Smith during a winner-takes-all clash. Smith won the gap leg, however that was all he got as piece of cloth reeled off 5 straight legs extend his keep within the tournament.

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