Durrant’s slump in form goes on in 3-0 loss to William O’ConnorWhitlock loses to Martijn Kleermaker, Aspinall scrapes throughThe three-time BDO world champion Glen Durrant fell at the first hurdle at the PDC world championship on Wednesday, the No 24 seed slipping to a 3-0 defeat against Ireland’s William O’Connor.
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Durrant, who won the BDO title in 2017, 2018 and 2019 and was the 2020
Premier League champion, has been struggling with his action – “Like a golfer having the yips,” he told the Guardian in an interview this week – and came into the match on the back of 27 defeats in his last 28 matches stretching back to March.