Former champion Michael Smith crashes out of PDC world darts against Zonneveld
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2023 winner beaten 3-1 by Dutchman on day of shocks
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No 8 seed Chris Dobey loses to 55-year-old Gilding
The former world champion and world No 1 Michael Smith led the high-profile casualties on a day of shocks at the PDC world championship.
Smith lost 3-1 to the Dutchman Niels Zonneveld to join his fellow seeds Chris Dobey, Dave Chisnall and Dirk van Duijvenbode on the Alexandra Palace scrapheap. The 2023 champion missed a dart at double top for the third set, with Zonneveld clinching it with double 10 to move ahead.