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2012 World Championship and outplayed his opponent, winning 3<unk>0 without dropping a leg.<unk> 2012 World Championship and outplayed his opponent, winning 3<unk>0 without dropping a leg. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ At the UK Open King beat his old BDO rival Ted Hankey and Gareth Cousins, before losing 7<unk>9 to van Gerwen in the last 32. Due to dropping out of the top 16 in the PDC rankings, King was due to play seed Phil Taylor in the first round of the 2012 World Matchplay. Despite a strong performance where he hit eight maxims to Taylor's one, King crucially missed three darts to lead the match 9<unk>8 and instead lost 8<unk>10.