Holder Anderson beaten by Gourlay in world quarters
David Gourlay has beaten tournament favourite Stewart Anderson
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Reigning champion Stewart Anderson has been knocked out of the World Indoor Bowls by fellow Scot David Gourlay in the quarter-finals.
Gourlay, who lifted the trophy in 1996, beat the top seed and three-time champion 8-6 9-7 at Potters in Great Yarmouth.
The eighth seed will face Robert Paxton in Saturday's semi-finals after the fifth-seeded 2020 champion beat fellow Englishman Les Gillett, seeded four and who won it in 2022, 10-4 7-5.
In the other all-England quarter-final, two-time champion Mark Dawes, the sixth seed, edged out qualifier Paul Hartley 5-7 7-6 2-0.
Dawes will play seventh seed Jason Banks, who beat five-time champion and fellow Scot Paul Foster 10-4 3-10 2-1.