Cameron Menzies wanted medical consideration after being taken in poor health throughout his World Matchplay second-round match towards Ross Smith in Blackpool on Wednesday.
While main the sport 2-1, Scotland’s Menzies stepped away from the oche and appeared unsteady on his ft as England’s Smith and the referee guided him safely off stage.
It was later confirmed that Menzies was cleared by medics backstage however was unable to return to the stage to proceed, and so forfeited the match.
The PDC mentioned: “Cameron experienced high blood pressure, which caused him to feel dizzy and subsequently faint.
“Following an evaluation by the on-site medical group, Cameron was deemed nicely sufficient to return to his lodging.
“We wish Cameron all the best and look forward to seeing him back in action soon.”
“Just a quick message to say thank you to everyone for all the messages,” Menzies wrote on Facebook.
“Unfortunately, I wasn’t well enough to continue the match. It’s obviously not how I wanted my World Matchplay to end, especially after playing some of the best darts of my career over the last few weeks.
“I’m grateful to the medical group for taking care of me, to Ross for checking on me, and to everybody on the Winter Gardens for his or her help. A giant good luck to Ross for the remainder of the event. I want him all the very best.
“Hopefully I’ll be back doing what I love very soon. Thanks again for all your support, it really does mean a lot.”
Elsewhere, seventh seed Gerwyn Price knocked out fellow former world champion Ross Cross with a dominant show.
From 2-3 down, the Welshman received six legs in a row to take management of the match and then eased to an 11-5 win to arrange a quarter-final match with Smith.
World quantity three Gian van Veen booked his quarter-final spot by overcoming fellow Dutchman Wessel Nijman in a tie-break.
In a back-and-forth encounter, each gamers landed 100-plus checkouts to extend the match but it surely was Van Veen who got here out on prime 14-12 in a thriller.
Sixth seed James Wade accomplished the last-eight line-up on the Matchplay with a cushty victory over fellow Englishman Ryan Searle, the eleventh seed.
Wade, who received the competitors in 2007, will tackle Van Veen in his 14th Matchplay quarter-final after the 11-8 win.
