For the 34-year-old Bahamian it was his debut on the ‘big stage’ and initially he had some problems with it. After one and a half legs he barely averaged 42 while the Swedish Dutchman quickly took the lead. However, Sweeting then won three legs in a row and actually won the first set: 1-0. To the delight of the audience, who completely sided with the debutant.
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And Sweeting immediately seemed to advance to 2-0. He took a double lead in the second set and did the famous ‘Cold Palmer’ celebration (referring to Chelsea player Cole Palmer) after a 180 throw. However, De Graaf came all the way back, won the set and advanced to a 3-1 win. Sweeting did explode Ally Pally with a 126 finish, but that was his last achievement at this World Championship.
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‘The Candyman’ did get the chance to talk about his World Cup experience afterwards:
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