Sports News: World Matchplay Series: Darts

News by Ishaan Kaila

Blackpool (England), July 22: In the World Matchplay tournament in darts, Nathan Aspinall from England (world rank 11) beat Gary Anderson from Scotland (world rank 6) 11 legs to 9. Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands (world rank 3) beat Ian White from England (world rank 17) 11 legs to 8. Peter Wright from Scotland (world rank 2) beat Joe Cullen from England (World rank 15) 11 legs to 5. The bullseye in darts is worth zero points. Your scores start from 501. The player, whoever hits the higher number, the number is subtracted from the score. If no player gets the 0 in player/team with the lower score wins. There are 11 such legs in this tournament. The first player to 11 legs wins.