Two-time champion Anderson knocked out by De Graaf
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Two-time champion Gary Anderson has been dumped out of the PDC World Championship on his 54th birthday by Jeffrey de Graaf.
The Scot, winner in 2015 and 2016, lost 3-0 to the Swede in the second round at Alexandra Palace in London.
âGary didnât really show up as he usually does. Iâm very happy with the win,â said De Graaf, 34,
Anderson, the 14th seed, came into the tournament with the yearâs highest overall three-dart average of 99.66.
He became the 11th seed to be knocked out from the 23 who have played so far, and the fifth to go out on Sunday.
De Graaf will meet Filipino qualifier Paolo Nebrida after he stunned Englandâs Ross Smith, the 19th seed, in straight sets.
Ritchie Edhouse, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Martin Schindler were the other seeds to fall on day eight.
Englandâs Callan Rydz, who hit a record first-round average of 107.06 on Thursday, followed up with a 3-0 win over 23rd seed Schindler on Sunday.
The German missed double 12 for a nine-darter in the first set â the third player to do so in 24 hours after Luke Littler and Damon Heta â and ended up losing the leg.
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Cullen cuts short news conference
Englandâs Joe Cullen stormed out of his post-match news conference and accused the media of not showing him respect after his 3-0 win over Dutchman Wessel Nijman.
Nijman, who has previously served a ban for breaching betting and anti-corruption rules, had been billed as favourite beforehand to beat 23rd seed Cullen.
âHonestly, the media attention that Wesselâs got, again this is not a reflection on him,â Cullen said.
âHe seems like a fantastic kid, heâs been caught up in a few things beforehand, but heâs served his time and heâs held his hands up, like a lot havenât.
âI think the way Iâve been treated probably with the media and things like that â I know you guys have no control over the bookies â Iâve been shown no respect, so I wonât be showing any respect to any of you guys tonight.
âIâm going to go home. Cheers.â
Ian âDiamondâ White beat European champion and 29th seed Edhouse 3-1 and will face teenage star Littler in the next round.
White, born in the same Cheshire town as the 17-year-old, acknowledged he would need to up his game in round three.
Asked if he knew who was waiting for him, White joked: âYeah, Runcornâs number two. Iâm from Runcorn and Iâm number one.â
Ryan Searle started Sunday afternoonâs action off with a 10-dart leg and went on to beat Matt Campbell 3-0, while Latvian Madars Razma defeated 25th seed Van Duijvenbode 3-1.
Seventh seed Jonny Clayton and 2018 champion Rob Cross are among the players in action on Monday as the second round concludes.
The third round will start on Friday after a three-day break for Christmas.
Sundayâs second-round results
Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
Dimitri van den Bergh v Dylan Slevin
Mondayâs second-round schedule
All times GMT
Afternoon Session (12:30)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Alexis Toylo
Andrew Gilding v Martin Lukeman
Josh Rock v Rhys Griffin
Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell
Evening Session (19:00)
Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko
Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel
Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans
Rob Cross v Scott Williams