End Leonard Gates‘victory over Cameron Menzies on a Monday evening in 2025 PDC World Darts Championships was an incredibly difficult watch for darts fans as a visibly distraught Menzies threw his last few arrows in the middle of a nervous breakdown.
It appears Menzies’ emotions ran much further than the fact that his Ally Pally experience this year came to an end after one game. After the match, Menzies got down to business X’s official account post a now-deleted photo of him with his hospitalized father, with the caption: “I didn’t want to post this man… my dad, my hero.”
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Given everything that must have been going through the Scot’s head, it’s not surprising that Menzies didn’t perform at his best against Gates. Then former Lakeside champion and key figure in PDPA Glen Durrent commented on the sad scenes at the end of the match on Sky Sports.
“On the court, Cammy was the best player in the room. He was the one who stood out. When you get on stage, it feels like a completely different game,” Duzza said before Menzies’ post on X came to light . “It’s just not happening. It’s full of emotions. When you look at his preparation, he will have to think about finding a solution as to why he is not playing on stage like he is on the pitch.” floor. He is extremely talented. But it was a bit unsettling towards the end, I didn’t know if he was nervous or if he was getting hot. It was quite a strange ending.
Meanwhile, for Gates, prospect Nathan Aspinall now awaits the American in the second round of the World Darts Championship.
