Darts World Cup sensation: Smiths early from shocked fans and experts!

Darts World Cup sensation: Smiths early from shocked fans and experts!

Ally Pally, London, Großbritannien - The World Cup in the darts causes amazement and excitement in the early phase! Michael Smith, who started the tournament as number two in the world, experienced one of the greatest surprises in the tournament. He failed in the second round against the surprising Dutchman Kevin Doets, currently in 51th place. The match developed into a duel of the nerves: After initial uncertainty, Smith found his rhythm and equalized to 2: 2, but in the decisive extension, Doets showed his strength and won 6: 4 in the last sentence, which made him a triumphant winner. Smith was previously the world champion in 2023 and now had to delete the sails early on, which was probably shocked by his audience. As Sport1 this was already the end for the title defender.

doets could hardly believe his luck and explained euphorically in the press conference: "It will be the best Christmas of my life." Smith, however, stayed away from the press conference and apparently didn't want to say a word about his disappointing performance. For Smith, the loss not only brings with it a leaner victory record - the 500,000 euros from his title profit from 2023 omitted of any evaluation, and he only receives 15,000 euros for leaving in the second round. In addition, he now even slips to 15th place in the world rankings, which represents a bitter setback. The series of big favorites continued in this World Cup, because Mike de Decker, James Wade and Gabriel Clemens had already left three more top 32 players early, as Laola1 reported.

The tension remains high at the World Darts Championship, while the players are still on the brink and the surprises do not yet seem to end. Can we expect even more unexpected twists? The fans can be excited!