Archive for the 'UK Open' Category
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
PHIL TAYLOR won his second Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Colin Osborne 6-3 to claim victory in the last of eight events as players battled to win places in the televised finals in Bolton. Taylor bounced back from Saturday’s loss to Gary Anderson in the final by claiming the £6,000 first prize 24 […]
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
GARY ANDERSON completed a Speedy Hire UK Open double over Phil Taylor, claiming a 6-2 win when the pair met in the Qualifier Seven final at Wigan on Saturday. Anderson had defeated Taylor to win Qualifier Five a fortnight ago, and repeated the feat with a fine display to take the £6,000 title, also […]
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Photo courtesy Lustig/PDC GARY ANDERSON won the fifth Speedy Hire UK Open Qualifier, defeating Phil Taylor 6-4 in the final at the Barnsley Metrodome in an event which featured two nine-dart finishes. Scottish ace Anderson claimed his first victory over Taylor since the 2007 World Darts Trophy final with the triumph, averaging almost 108 […]
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
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PHIL TAYLOR won his fourth Rileys Darts Zones UK Open title with an 11-5 defeat of Gary Anderson at the Reebok Stadium.
Taylor followed up Saturday’s world record average for a televised game of 118.66 against Kevin Painter, with victories over Adrian Lewis, Denis Ovens and Anderson on Sunday to take the £40,000 title.
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
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TONY AYRES’ dream run in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open continued as he won through to the semi-finals in Bolton, where he is joined by Gary Anderson, Denis Ovens and Phil Taylor.
Ayres, the world number 62, had won through to his first ever ranking quarter-final at the Reebok Stadium with four victories since […]
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
MERVYN KING lit up the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open with a nine-darter in the fifth round on Saturday night – but was dumped from the tournament in a deciding leg by Gary Anderson.
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King became only the second player, behind Phil Taylor, to achieve a nine-darter at the Reebok Stadium, hitting successive 180s and […]
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
PHIL TAYLOR created a new world record average in a televised game, whitewashing Kevin Painter to set up a fifth round clash with Simon Whitlock in the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open.
Taylor’s record-breaking fortnight continued with a sensational 118.66 average in denying Painter a dart at a double in the nine legs.
Taylor launched a relentless […]
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
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PHIL TAYLOR eased past Wayne Mardle 9-2 to open his bid for a fourth Rileys Darts Zones UK Open title at the Reebok Stadium.
Taylor, fresh from hitting two nine-darters in winning the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts 11 days ago, wasted little time in progressing to the last 32 of the UK Open.
He […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
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JAMES WADE picked up his first tournament victory since last October with victory over Gary Anderson in the final of the eighth UK Open Qualifier, held at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.
The world number three gave himself the perfect boost ahead of Thursday’s crucial Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts clash […]
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
COLIN LLOYD won his second tournament of 2010 with a 6-3 victory over Colin Osborne in the seventh UK Open Qualifier.
Lloyd followed up February’s Players Championship win in Gibraltar by taking the £6,000 title at Wigan’s Robin Park Tennis Centre.
The win ensures Lloyd will enter June’s televised UK Open Finals in Bolton at the last […]
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