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Darts star loses voice after SIX HOURS of karaoke on stag do in Benidorm

A professional darts player lost his voice after swapping watching the Cheltenham Festival for a six-hour karaoke session in the Benidorm sunshine last week

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Ricky Evans lost his voice following a six-hour karaoke session in Benidorm(Image: Getty Images)

Darts star Ricky Evans has revealed he lost his voice after SIX hours of karaoke on a stag do in Benidorm. Evans, 35, was speaking after his last 64 win against Scott Williams at the Belgian Open when he revealed he was unable to talk following a long karaoke session in the Costa Blanca sunshine.

With his voice still a little crackled, Evans said: "I went to a stag do last week, and I sang too much karaoke, so this was not alcohol-induced or anything like that. A load of my friends like the races and Cheltenham, but instead of watching the races, I decided to do karaoke for six hours!"

"Imagine this singing! I love myself, and I enjoyed it, and I love the people I was with, so I took the day off because of Goettingen," Evans, who jetted back to compete in the European Trophy last weekend, added. "Wednesday in Benidorm last week, it's unprofessional to say, but we had a lemonade; I did anyway because of my flights.

"(On) Monday and Tuesday we hit it hard, and I did a lot of karaoke, so that's why I sound like Beppe from Eastenders."

Evans, ranked No.46 in the world, went on to win his last 64 match against Germany's Florian Preis at the European Trophy before exiting the competition with a 6-1 defeat to Danny Noppert.

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He went into this weekend's Belgian Open looking to improve on his performance in Goettingen, but Evans was unable to progress past the last 32, as he lost an 11-leg thriller to Ryan Searle.

The Kettering arrowsmith averaged six points higher than his opponent and hit five 180s, but he was unable to get across the line and lost 6-5 to world No.12 Searle, who is into the last 16.

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Ricky Evans lost his voice in Benidorm(Image: PA)

Action at the Belgian Open resumes on Sunday at 12pm UK time with Luke Littler eyeing up another piece of silverware. 'The Nuke' is first up as he takes on Niels Zonneveld.

Littler is the overwhelming favourite to win the third European Tour of the season at 10/11 with bet365, while Luke Humphries, who faces Jermaine Wattimena in his last 16 tie, is second favourite at 7/2.

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