Peter Wright

Peter Wright's love for darts fans almost got the better of him at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday evening as he looked to hold back tears before his game had ...

A fourth then concluded: Peter Wright is simply THE darts player." The 52-year-old said before celebrating Christmas with his family: "It's good for Jo to be healthy. A second said: "I’m actually in love with Peter Wright i think." "Thank you Jo for being well. I've got to put a tree up and I've got to get the Christmas dinner ready and I've got a few sets of darts to try out for after Christmas." A third agreed: "peter wright ICON."

Peter Wright's reign as PDC world champion came to a sorry end as Kim Huybrechts claimed the biggest win of his career at Alexandra Palace.

I’m the world number one and I’m here to win. But I’m a happy man to go through to the next round.” I’m not here to make up the numbers.” Welshman Williams had a match dart to win 4-2. But he could not take out double six for a 126 checkout, and Clemens averaged 112 in the deciding set to book a date with either Danny Noppert or Alan Soutar. Wright tried to fight back in the fifth set, but he missed double 18 to extend the match and Huybrechts stepped in to seal matters before a shocked crowd.

TUNGSTEN TINKERMAN Peter Wright crashed out of the PDC World Darts Championship as he was blown away by the Hurricane.Scotland's finest flinger –

"Normally he is about 20 times better than this. Everybody knows this. After Wright crucially missed a set dart, Huybrechts had three shots at double 18 and at the third attempt, he nailed his arrow into the bed to secure one of his best ever victories. Wright, who reverted back to his original darts for the fifth set, was on the ropes at this point and the crowd were stunned by what they were watching. Wright, 52, decided to change his darts before the third set and that decision backfired as he was averaging way below 80. But the downbeat Snakebite – who crazily refuses to stick with just one set of darts – lost his grip of the Sid Waddell Trophy as he was defeated 4-1 by No.31 seed Kim Huybrechts.

Reigning champion Peter Wright has been dumped out of the PDC World Championship by Kim Huybrechts on a staggering night at Ally Pally.

He levelled the set at 2-2 and then began the decider with a 180 to put Williams under pressure. The Welshman flew through the second set as he raised his average to above a ton and then took advantage of some sloppy finishing from Clemens. Barney came back with one leg but it wasn’t enough as the Iceman took the set to silence the crowd. There was never a moment that he could get back into the match, and he was never able to inspire himself. He nailed the first set with an 87 finish when the Dutchman was trying to get back into the set. However, Huybrechts put the pressure on and then nailed the D8 he needed to go three sets to one up.

Wright wore a colourful Christmas shirt on the oche, but that was the only thing that sparkled from the Scot as Huybrechts cruised to a 4-1 victory and a last- ...

I’m the world number one and I’m here to win. I’m not here to make up the numbers.” But I’m a happy man to go through to the next round.” Welshman Williams had a match dart to win 4-2. But he could not take out double six for a 126 checkout, and Clemens averaged 112 in the deciding set to book a date with either Danny Noppert or Alan Soutar. Wright tried to fight back in the fifth set, but he missed double 18 to extend the match and Huybrechts stepped in to seal matters before a shocked crowd.