Gary Anderson saw off Adam Gawlas in his Grand Slam of Darts opener despite not being at his best due to a knee injury which was visibly affecting him.
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Anderson spoke to Sky Sports afterwards and was not very happy insinuating that cheating was going on and that Gawlas was sniffing behind him during the game.
"Everyone hurts themselves, two years ago it was my back now it's my knee. Might as well wipe this year off to be honest," said Anderson to Sky Sports.
"It's nice to play darts but you get players that snark in your ear every time you throw. Always seems to come from the same team then it gets on your nerves abit."
"Would I pull out? Yeah, because darts isn't darts anymore. Call it gamesmanship. I call it cheating. I'll see him (Gawlas) through there when I go through.
"If they're all sniffing, they better get their test again."
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