A 24-year-old from East Calder has scored the biggest win of his young darts career after knocking out three-time world champion and current world number three Michael van Gerwen.
William Borland breezed past the Dutch ace 6-2 in the last-64 of yesterday's Players Championship 10 event in Germany.
The pair were tied at 2-2 before a scintillating performance from Borland proved far too strong for his opponent. The youngster rattled off legs of 14, 13, 13 and 10 to secure a famous 6-2 triumph over one of the best players to ever play the sport.
Borland, who made the quarter-finals of the World Youth Championships two years ago, averaged a brilliant 104.09 in the victory.
Ranked 80th in the world, he trounced 19th ranked Simon Whitlock 6-1 in the first round before meeting van Gerwen.
Borland would defeat Vincent van der Meer in the third round, 6-4, before suffering a 6-5 defeat in the last-16 at the hands of Aaron Beeney.
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