A FURIOUS Adrian Lewis CLASHED with Peter Wright after his second-round defeat at the Players Championship Finals.
Wright, 51, hit double 10 to seal the victory and immediately went to shake Lewis' hand, who refused his opponent initially.
Lewis, 36, did shake in the end before launching a tirade against his opponent, who he claimed "cheated" by distracting him from his game.
Wright appeared to be unhappy about a loose floorboard moving on the stage – but Lewis stated that was merely an attempt to disrupt his rhythm.
The pair exchanged bitter words and were separated by security eventually.
But even after Wright returned to his corner a fuming Lewis went over to continue the verbal battle, before again being ushered away.
Lewis was booed by the crowd as he walked away with fans clearly not appreciating his outburst.
Wright too was jeered by the crowd before throwing his final darts – finishing off from 40.
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'Snakebite' had come from 3-0 down to beat Lewis 6-5 and progress through to the next round.
Like Lewis was, Wright is one of the favourites to win the tournament.
And when he was asked about the disagreement after the match, Wright jokingly said: "We were discussing whose turn it was to send a Christmas card.
"Just discussing Christmas cards, and who is going to send the first one."
Lewis was took a completely different tone however, tweeting after the match: “I honestly did nothing wrong.
"Even I was bewildered with what was going on and trying to process it whilst trying to concentrate on my darts.
“So at the end of the game I wanted to find out what was his problem because I didn’t have a clue what was going on.
“He said to me there was a loose floorboard and I found it!
“So my response to him was: ‘You took me out my rhythm, you had a game plan, and as world number two, it’s disgraceful and you’re nothing but a cheat.’
“He knew what he was doing as soon as I went 3-1 up, he started muttering things.
“And shaking his head at me which put me in a situation that made me feel uncomfortable.
“The people who I fall out with always have to be the ones (that) apologise because they know I’m not a cheat – never have been never will be!
“For those saying I’m a sore loser this that and the other, I’m the best loser because I say it exactly as it is. I don’t try hide anything I say what I see.
“Peter will say nice things about me in the interview as he knows I’ve done nothing wrong and he’s bang out of order.”
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