Gary Anderson is looking to make it to consecutive PDC major quarter-finals as he is through to the last 16 of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and will face Stephen Bunting for a place in the last 8.
Anderson made it through to the last 16 of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, finishing top of a tricky Group G whilst remaining undefeated in the process.
Anderson is a two-time finalist in the Grand Slam of Darts but is yet to win it. He frequently jokes that he’s a part-time darts player but his performances in the tournament so far are still elite.
He beat Ryan Joyce 5-1 in the opening match with a 113.20 average and then proceeded to defeat Michael van Gerwen 5-4 registering a 105.19 average. His final game against Noa-Lynn van Leuven was a 5-2 victory with a 95.75 average to finish top of Group G.
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Following his game against MVG, Anderson was asked if he would ‘get up for it’ more against a player of Michael’s standard and The Flying Scotsman had one of the best responses we’ve heard to that type of question….
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During his post-game interview with the media, Anderson was asked if he gets ‘more up’ for games against Michael than other players (the two have had a long-term rivalry in darts).
Anderson not only quickly answered the question but also brought competition against grannies and kids into his response 👀
He said:
“Nah, every games the same. It doesn’t matter if I’m playing Michael van Gerwen or a 90 year old granny in an exhibition, I’m there to play darts.
“It’s the same with the kids. I missed a 9-darter against a youngster and he ended up going crying.
“His dad said why did you do that?
“He’s not beating me, I ain’t losing.
“It doesn’t work like that, you don’t mean to do it but once you start playing it’s like, I ain’t going to lose.”
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What a response 🤣
No denying Gary has the winning mentality and the MVG/Granny comparison was great but to then give a real example to prove his point is even better!
See his full post-game interview provided by Online Darts below where he also talks about how he doesn’t practise and predicts the next darting prodigy.
Gary Anderson will face Stephen Bunting later this evening as the pair will battle for a place in the quarter-finals.
Bunting is just one of two players ranked inside the top 10 PDC Order of Merit still in this tournament alongside Rob Cross in what has been a tournament for the underdogs so far…
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