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Cameron Menzies took to social media with an emotional post about his dad after crying on stage during his flunkure to Leonard Gates at the World Darts Championship.

The 35-year-elderly went into the align in strong establish but crashed out at the first hurdle, with Gates storming to a 3-1 triumph to book his place in the second round.

Menzies was evidently struggling to conserve it together during the align and was in tears before it had even finished. He was seen wiping his eyes during the final two legs and seeed visibly disturb when Gates hit the triumphning dart.

After the align had finished, Menzies posted a now-deleted image of himself alengthyside his dad in hospital on X (establisherly Twitter) alengthyside the caption: “I didn’t wanna post this man… my dad my hero.”

Menzies, who is the partner of Fallon Sherrock, struggled to find trebles in the final set of the align and ignoreed 27 of his 32 doubles finisheavors. 

Some members of the crowd at Alexandra Palace began to mockingassociate cheer his throws as his game imploded, with Gates taking brimming profit by claiming a surpascfinish triumph.

Reflecting on the align, establisher pro Glen Durrant telderly Sky Sports: “On the floor, Cammy has been the best carry outer in the room. He’s the one that has stood out. It experiences appreciate it is a branch offent game when you go on stage. It is equitable not happening for him.

“He is brimming of emotion. When you see at his preparation, he will have to toil out if he is to find a solution about why he doesn’t carry out on the stage as he does on the floor. He’s innervously talented.

“But at the finish, it was a little stressing, I didn’t understand if he was getting disturb, if the heat was getting to him. It was a pretty bizarre finishing.”

Gates, who will go up agetst Nathan Aspinall in the next round, was seen giveing some words of encouragement to Menzies after the align.

Explaining what was shelp between the pair, the American findlooked: “I telderly him to participate the energy, don’t see at it as a pessimistic, see at it as a preferable. Just participate that energy, carry out a lot more darts, get better, conserve shotriumphg the PDC what we can do.

“I telderly him: ‘I hope you can block it out and carry out the game. Don’t get comprised with negativity as someone is cheering agetst you. Focus on what you are doing. Go forward’. I participate that energy to block it out.

“It’s one of those skinnygs, you have to block out stateive skinnygs. Do what you are there to do. I went back to the fundamentals, throw your darts, check the scores.

“I hope I shelp skinnygs that will help him in his game, personassociate in life also. He has to figure out what it is. If he necessitates more help, I hope I shelp someskinnyg that will produce his confidence.”

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