Colin Lloyd had beaten Alex Roy, Warriner and Richie Burnett to reach the semi-finals that established him as one of the top players on the PDC circuit.
12 Facts About Colin Lloyd
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Colin Lloyd reached the final of the International Darts League in the Netherlands in May 2006, losing to Raymond van Barneveld.
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Colin Lloyd lost in the first round of the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic to Chris Mason, to Steve Maish at the 2006 World Matchplay and to Bob Anderson in the first round of the World Grand Prix.
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Colin Lloyd lost his world number one ranking after a second round loss to eventual world champion van Barneveld at the 2007 PDC World Championship.
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Colin Lloyd lost in the first round of the 2007 US Open to Jim Widmayer before showing some improvement with a run to the semi-finals of the 2007 UK Open.
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Colin Lloyd went into the 2008 World Championship ranked 12th in the world, having been number one just twelve months previously.
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Colin Lloyd was ranked 17th at the cut-off point before the World Matchplay, but still qualified due to his position on the ProTour Order of Merit.
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Colin Lloyd then missed 11 darts in the final set to break throw as all ten legs went with throw to send the match into a sudden-death leg which Anderson won to eliminate Colin Lloyd.
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Colin Lloyd missed out on playing in the UK Open for the first time in the tournament's history this year as he only entered three of the six qualifying events and failed to advance beyond the last 64 in any of them.
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Colin Lloyd failed to qualify for both the World Matchplay and World Grand Prix for the first time in 2014.
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Colin Lloyd dropped to 121st in the world after the 2016 World Championship and announced he would not be entering Q School, although he did not rule out the possibility of attempting to return in the future.
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In 2006, Colin Lloyd went out to eventual winner Taylor in the semi-finals, then finished 5th in the league stage in 2007.