Mensur Suljovic's crowd incitement during his match against Ross Smith and his alleged sexist comments in his on-stage interview regarding the incident have been referred to the Darts Regulation Authority. The Austrian encouraged the crowd to boo the Englishman during a last-leg decider in their third-round clash at the Swiss Darts Trophy on Sunday afternoon. He was later asked about the incident in an on-stage interview and used an allegedly sexist comment to describe how Smith reacted.
Suljovic said: "Ross Smith is one of the best players in the world - what's the bloke complaining about? He's got to play his game; otherwise, he's welcome to go home. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player "Women, women - they're always complaining, sorry.
Sorry, you don't do that. I fully accept him as one of the very best darts players. "OK, I've been riling up the crowd a bit, just like in Germany - I need your support.
I need you; without you, I can't achieve anything. Thank you, thank you very much! "What's he complaining about?
When I'm in England, everyone's against me; everywhere I go. "And now, all of a sudden, he's complaining? He might as well just stay at home." On Monday afternoon, Suljovic subsequently issued an apology.
"I would like to comment once again on my match against Ross Smith and the interview that followed," he said. "The emotions got the better of me in that moment. I wanted to get the crowd behind me and, in doing so, I didn't properly realise that Ross was throwing for the match.
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