European Championship: Whitlock Edged Out By Anderson

2015 UNIBET EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (NOTE TO MEDIA IN NETHERLANDS;PLEASE REFER TO AS;2015 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP) ETHIAS ARENA,HASSELT,BELGIUM PIC;LAWRENCE LUSTIG ROUND1 SIMON WHITLOCK V MAGNUS CARIS SIMON WHITLOCK IN ACTION

Simon Whitlock missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the European Championship after a narrow defeat to World Champion Gary Anderson.

Whitlock had moved into the second round of the European Darts Championship with a comfortable victory over Magnus Caris in Belgium on Friday.

But the 2012 champion was denied further progression despite a gallant fight against world number two Anderson. Continue reading

World Matchplay: Whitlock Finds Form in Blackpool but Runs into an Inspired Ian White

Image courtesy of Lawrence Lustig/PDCSimon Whitlock produced an excellent performance to move into the second round of the World Matchplay with a convincing win against Jelle Klaasen but couldn’t progress further after Ian White fought back to deny him in a place in the last eight.

The world number nine, who reached the semi-finals last year, rediscovered his form to defeat Klaasen 10-4 and looked set to keep it going when he led White 9-6 but the Stoke thrower won seven straight legs to win. Continue reading