20:53
The compensation
Krčmar plays his own leg stably and is at 116 remaining, while Anderson doesn’t have a finish yet, but is at 148. Krčmar misses the high finish over the D8, but checks it on the next inning with the first dart to make it 2:2.
20:51
11-darter from Anderson
Both throw a 180 and Anderson finishes first and has 46 remaining. Krčmar waits at 81, but the Scot checks the leg with the first dart on tops.
8:50 p.m
Good finish from Krčmar
In the second leg Anderson can’t keep up and Krčmar is at 86 remaining and Anderson is at 170. The Croatian checks 86 with the last dart on the D11.
8:49 p.m
Good leg from Anderson
Anderson starts with a 90 and Krčmar answers with 95 points. The Scot throws the next 180 and slowly gets going. With 131 remaining he throws 91 points and faces tops. Krčmar cannot intervene and Anderson takes the leg on D10 with the second dart.
8:44 p.m
The Flying Scotsman has arrived
The Scot plays a great set here, with Krčmar barely keeping up. He scores fantastically and has now increased his average to almost 92 points. Krčmar stays consistently at 94 and maintains his level.
8:43 p.m
Strong set from Anderson
In this set the Scot has played a 105 average so far and is now throwing his fourth 180. With 41 remaining he plays the S9 and throws two darts past the double. He then missed three darts to win the set, but Krčmar couldn’t capitalize on the mistake. In the end he gets the set via the D2.
20:41
Anderson is getting better
Anderson has a finish in Krčmar’s first leg, the 132. He hits the single bull, the T19 and narrowly misses the bullseye. Anderson checks the 25 over the S9 and D8 with the first dart.
8:39 p.m
Anderson equalizes
The pace of the game is high and both have now arrived in the match. Krčmar is first in the finish area and has 78 remaining and Anderson is waiting at 70. Krčmar misses and the Scot hits the T18 and equalizes with the second dart on the D8.
8:37 p.m
The scoring increases
Krčmar opens the set with his first 180 and Anderson responds with a 140. Both score well in this leg and after nine darts Krčmar is at 131 remaining and Anderson at 81. Neither can finish and Krčmar takes the leg via S14, S20 and tops to make it 1-0
8:33 p.m
Mixed first sentence
Both players still have room for improvement here. Anderson already has three 180s in the statistics, but the average of 88 is still significantly too low. Krčmar secures the set with the first highlight of the game and checks 167.
8:31 p.m
High finish to win the set
In the deciding leg they both start with a triple and both add one each in their next inning. Anderson finishes first at 170 and has the advantage. Although they are too much, Krčmar gets the set over the T20, T17 and Bullseye.
20:29
The compensation
Krčmar is better in the leg here, scores well and makes 67 and Anderson waits at 46. He can’t clear the 67 and the Scot equalizes with the second dart on the D20 to make it 2-2.
8:25 p.m
Compensation for Anderson
Anderson starts with a 180 and attacks the Croat’s leg. He follows up with a 92 and Krčmar can’t keep up in this leg. Anderson faces 104 and hits the T7, S17 and S10 for 56 remaining. The Scot gets the re-break with the second dart on tops.
8:25 p.m
The next break
Again Anderson starts with the maximum and Krčmar can’t keep up, but is first on a finish. But the 167 is too much for the Croatian. With 124 remaining, Anderson missed a dart on the bullseye and Krčmar then took the leg for a 2-1 lead.
20:23
Krčmar with the break
Anderson opens the match with a 55 and the Croatian answers with an 81. Neither of them comes in well and follows up with a 60. But Krčmar does better afterwards and throws a 140. That’s why Krčmar is first in the finish area and is on 120 and Anderson on 167. He can’t clear the Shanghai finish and the Scot fails on 167. Krčmar gets the break with the second dart on double.
8:18 p.m
It’s about to start
The players enter the stage and in a few moments the match begins.
8:05 p.m
The Flying Scotsman is convincing
Gary Anderson was in excellent form in his first match of the tournament. He gave Simon Whitlock no chance and beat the Australian 3-0. With an average of 98 points per shot and a checkout rate of 50 percent, he impressed across the board and confirmed the form he had already had all year. The Scot had the highest annual average of all professionals with 98.71.
7:55 p.m
Strong Krčmar
In his first match, Krčmar, who is currently 50th in the world in the live ranking, defeated the Englishman Keegan Brown 3-1 and played an average of 91 points. In his second match, “The Biggest” increased to 97 points and had a double rate of 55 percent. He pulled off a surprise when he knocked seeded Dirk van Duijvenbode out of the tournament 3-1.
7:45 p.m
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the evening session of the Darts World Cup 2024. At 8:15 p.m. Boris Krčmar and Gary Anderson will fight for the last round of 16 ticket. This is followed by Michael van Gerwen against Stephen Bunting and Michael Smith against Chris Dobey, who play for a place in the quarter-finals.