Wattimena almost lets victory slip, but recovers and climbs the world rankings: ‘Best year ever’

Jermaine Wattimena has reached the third round of the Darts World Cup for the fourth time in his career. Scott Williams, a semi-finalist two years ago, came back from a 2-0 deficit, but was eventually defeated 3-2 by The Machine Gun. “This is my best year ever.”• Don’t miss anything from the match between Peter Wright and Arno Merk in the live blog below the report

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