World Cup dream ended: Sherrock is eliminated

The 25-year-old, who was the first woman to defeat a man at a World Cup and repeated this feat in the second round, lost 2-4 to her English compatriot Chris Dobey. As a result, she missed out on making it to the round of 25.000. Sherrock can console himself with £XNUMX in prize money.

Sherrock caused a sensation worldwide on December 17th with her victory against Ted Evetts in the first round. This increased when she knocked out Mensur Suljovic from Austria, ranked eleventh in the world rankings, from the tournament in the second round. Even tennis icon Billie Jean King, a pioneer of equality between men and women in her sport, congratulated from the USA.

In the match against Dobey, Sherrock initially built on the strong performances from the first rounds and took the lead with 2:1 sets. The single mother from Milton Keynes particularly shone in her attempts on the doubles fields. But Sherrock couldn't maintain her quota, Dobey improved and deservedly made it to the round of XNUMX.

Anderson out, van Gerwen on The two-time darts world champion Gary Anderson has already failed in the round of 16. “The Flying Scotsman” lost 2-4 to English youngster Nathan Aspinall in the round of 49 on Friday evening. However, it is unclear what will happen next for the 2019-year-old Anderson. He took a long break from tournaments in 2015 due to back problems and initially left it open to continuing his career beyond this World Cup. He won the world title in 2016 and XNUMX.

Defending champion Michael van Gerwen put in a strong performance once again. The Dutchman beat Stephen Bunting 4-0 in the second game of the round of XNUMX and thus underlined his ambitions for a fourth World Cup title. Bunting was never able to keep up with “Mighty Mike”. The death of favorites continues Daryl Gurney was eliminated as the next favorite at the Darts World Championship in London in the afternoon. The 33-year-old Northern Irishman lost 2:4 against the Englishman Glen Durrant, the reigning world champion of the British Darts Organization (BDO). Gurney's elimination has already affected 6 players in the top 10 of the world rankings. Before “Super Chin” Rob Cross, Michael Smith, James Wade, Ian White and Dave Chisnall (all England) had already been kicked out. There are also some outsiders in the round of XNUMX.

Co-favorite Gerwyn Price, on the other hand, confidently reached the round of the last 16. The former rugby player from Wales defeated Scotland's John Henderson 4-0 and will now face Simon Whitlock from Australia on Saturday evening.

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World Cup dream ended: Sherrock is eliminated

Fallon Sherrock's fairytale journey at the World Darts Championship in London came to an end in the third round.

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