Gary Anderson wins the latest thriller against Mensur Suljovic

Two-time world champion Gary Anderson clinched the title at Darts World Matchplay. The 47-year-old Scottish defeated Mensur Suljovic (Austria) in a thrilling final with 21:19.

The nail biting trend took an amazing turn after Suljovic Anderson caught up, but Anderson finally decided the final duel with 21:19. "I am overwhelmed to win this big tournament," said the doubles

Suljovic and Anderson were on a par, then Suljovic paused. However, Anderson used several mistakes from Suljovic and took the lead. After the 30th stage, the victory seemed to take Scots scarcely, he led in the meantime with 17:13, but Suljovic was fighting at 17:17.

Longest Final of the World Matchplay Darts of All Time

In overtime, Anderson showed more nerves and dominated the longest matchplay final of all time.

The almost incredible bad luck made it for him. At 19:18 his matchdart landed on the bullseye in the field, but flew again. Suljovic took the chance to win his last match

Anderson commented on the bouncer as "frustrating, but I managed to keep my cool to win."

Suljovic showed greatness and praise after the final lost the winner: "Gary played brilliantly, he was the best player of the tournament, losing against him is good – he is the champion and I the respect. "

Anderson Wins Triple Crown

After two world titles and two Premier League wins, Anderson won the Triple Crown in Blackpool, England, after winning three major tournaments from Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Both were able to score the first 14 points in the final 14 times – Throughout the tournament, Anderson 52. In addition, the "Flying Scotsman" launched a 9-darter in the 19:17 victory in quarterfinals. final against Englishman Joe Cullen.

The average of the three darts was 104.43 points for Suljovic and 101.12 points for Anderson. The coverage rate of Anderson was 36.21% and that of Austria 37.25%.

Since 2018, the Phil Taylor Trophy

World Matchplay is the oldest and largest PDC tournament in the world. The tournament has been played since 1994 – Anderson is the eighth winner in history and also raises a prize of just under 120,000 euros.

Since this year, the World Matchplay for the Phil Taylor Trophy has been played – in line with the great successes of the legendary Englishman. The world champion "The Power" Taylor had finished his career after the World Cup in January

Max Hopp was the first German to participate in the World Matchplay, but had already failed in the first round at the English Ian White (7:10

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