Gary Anderson blasts Sky Sports in public outburst after World Darts Championship win
Gary Anderson was not impressed with Sky Sports' reporting after his World Darts Championship victory.
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World Darts Championship star Gary Anderson hit out at Sky Sports' analysis of his game after his victory over Boris Krcmar to reach the fourth round. The 'Flying Scotsman' was on top form to claim a 4-1 win and set up a Saturday night blockbuster tie with Brendan Dolan.
Sky reporter Polly James and the broadcaster's commentary team were full of praise for Anderson as he cruised into the next round, but he felt that their analysis was not extended to their previous coverage of his game.
He lost the first set to the Croatian World Cup star, going down 3-2 after Krcmar's 161 finish. However, he quickly took the second set 3-1 before throwing a 12-darter to take the third in a similarly spectacular fashion.
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Anderson broke Krcmar with a 13-darter and then won the fifth and final set 3-0 with aplomb to secure his place in the last 16 against Dolan, who surprised Alexandra Palace by beating Gerwyn Price.
Speaking to Sky reporter James after the win, Anderson was full of praise for his opponent before being asked for his motivation, in which he had some choice words for her employer.
"Sky, saying I'm finished," he replied bluntly. "Unlucky for you I'm not done yet, I keep trying. We keep going, daughter wants a horse so I better keep playing."
The pair joked as James responded: "You want to prove the haters (wrong) right?" before moving on to the topic of Anderson's next-round opponent Dolan.
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"I was looking forward to playing Gezzy (Price)!" he added. "The last four or five games we've played, we've played really well against each other. Brendan, dark horse.
"Brendan is a class, class act. People write him off, never write Brendan Dolan off you know. Lovely guy and a bloody good darts player."