Darts followers couldn’t recover from Michael van Gerwen’s opponent’s throw on the Bahrain Masters – which left Wayne Mardle with a headache.
The Dutch legend started his 2024 World Series marketing campaign towards native qualifier Hasan Haji who, as anticipated, was utterly overwhelmed by the three-time world champion in a 6-0 scoreline. Fans had been left aghast on the 51-year-old’s motion, which you gained’t discover in any teaching guides.
Standing entrance on, Haji launched the dart in a twirling motion, with the arrow hardly ever discovering its meant goal. Sky Sports darts commentator and coach Mardle, who’s watching the match from afar, was quickly requested in regards to the distinctive motion on social media and struggled to place his response into phrases.
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Mardle posted on X (previously Twitter): “I don’t want to talk about it. My head hurts.” Pressed additional on whether or not he had any ideas on Haji’s throw, he merely replied “No.”
Fans had been left amused although. One joked: “I’ve seen some s*** throws in my time but Hasan Haji, that’s just taking the p***.” A second mentioned: “It is absolutely hilarious to watch.”
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A 3rd quipped: “It’s like they have raffled a game against Van Gerwen and some random bloke won form the crowd lol.” A fourth noticed: “A miracle they’re going in the board at all.”
A fifth merely mentioned: “It’s wild.” Haji was one in all two Bahrainis within the subject. The different, Abdulla Saeed, additionally misplaced 6-0 to Luke Humphries, prompting one fan to moan: “Just shows how embarrassing PDC has got. Growing game apparently is World Series. Nothing short of money grabbing. I’m s*** and I could be Bahrain number 1.”
In the night time’s earlier video games, Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall survived huge scares to make it by way of to the final eight. Luke Littler and Rob Cross was somewhat extra snug, successful their matches 6-3. In the ultimate match of the primary spherical, defending champion Michael Smith squeezed previous Paolo Nebrida 6-5.