Archive for the 'World Matchplay' Category
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Photo Lustig/PDC GARY ANDERSON produced the first whitewash for six years at the StanJames.com World Matchplay with a 10-0 thumping of fellow Scot Robert Thornton on Monday night. Anderson, the UK Open runner-up a month ago, showed Thornton no mercy with an impressive start to the £400,000 event in Blackpool to power into the last […]
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Photo Lustig/PDC FORMER champion James Wade escaped a dramatic early exit in the StanJames.com World Matchplay on Sunday night, battling back from behind to defeat Andy Smith at the Winter Gardens. The 2007 World Matchplay winner looked set to suffer an early defeat when Smith, aided by checkouts of 151 and 116, took leads […]
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD produced another piece of history with a sensational nine-darter at the StanJames.com World Matchplay on Saturday night. The Dutchman fired in a perfect leg during his 10-1 victory over Denis Ovens on the opening night of the £400,000 tournament – emulating Phil Taylor’s achievement in landing the event’s only previous nine-dart finish […]
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
THE StanJames.com World Matchplay begins on Saturday, as 32 players battle to take the £100,000 title at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. The 17th staging of the World Matchplay sees arguably the strongest field in the event’s history battling for £400,000 prize money from July 17-25. Reigning champion Phil Taylor, who won his tenth title […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
by Phill Catterick:
PHIL `THE POWER` Taylor continued his dominance of the 2009 PDC Darting calendar by winning the stanjames.com World Matchplay Championship by beating Terry Jenkins 18-3 in Blackpool last night.
It’s the tenth time the man from Stoke has won the tournament, and he will now be looking towards the Grand Slam and the […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
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PHIL TAYLOR will face Terry Jenkins in the final of the 2009 stanjames.com World Matchplay on Sunday night.
The duo won through exciting semi-finals at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on Saturday, with Taylor remaining on course for an unmatched tenth World Matchplay crown.
The defending champion saw off Mervyn King 17-6 in another superb display to reach […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
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PHIL TAYLOR dropped only three legs in a quarter-final hammering of Adrian Lewis to remain on course for a tenth stanjames.com World Matchplay title.
The sport’s greatest ever player produced another master-class against his former protégé, hitting 14 180s, five 11-dart finishes and recording an average of 109.42.
Lewis never stood a chance after going […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
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TERRY JENKINS and Mervyn King produced sensational performances to book semi-final spots at the stanjames.com World Matchplay on Friday afternoon.
Jenkins overcame five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld 16-12 in one of his finest televised displays to earn a place against either James Wade or Ronnie Baxter in the last four.
The pair shared the […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
TERRY JENKINS held off the challenge of Denis Ovens to secure a narrow 14-12 stanjames.com World Matchplay victory on Thursday afternoon.
The world number six and 2007 World Matchplay runner-up looked set to power into the last eight when he led 5-1 and 10-5 against Ovens.
But the Stevenage player battled back with four successive legs and […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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PHIL TAYLOR bulldozed his way into the quarter-finals of the stanjames.com World Matchplay with a 13-3 demolition of Kevin Painter at the Winter Gardens.
Taylor, sporting shaved lightning strikes in his hair, turned up the power in Blackpool with a sensational performance, averaging 109.47 and hitting 68 percent of his doubles.
Painter had actually […]
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