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Taylor ‘powered’ to victory in the final – beating James Wade by 3 sets to nil, in a tournament dominated by Team Unicorn.

Unicorn’s 13 times World Champion is clearly back on song and the confidence is back, because he was totally dominant all day in Essex – the Premier League whitewash of Wayne Mardle just the spark he needed.

Team Unicorn made up all four semi-finalists….Wade coming from two sets down to beat Andy Hamilton, while Taylor demolished Adrian Lewis without dropping a single leg.

In four of his victories on the day, Taylor won without losing a leg and it was good to see the smile back on the face of ‘The Power’

Wade just missed out on an £11,000 bonus in his first match of the day – an easy win over Tony Littleton…..but he just clipped the wire of D12 for a nine darter!

In the final, Wade didn’t get a look in, with Taylor yet again in imperious form, losing only one leg on his way to the £5,000 winner’s cheque.

Hamilton and Lewis though, will be happy enough with their runs to the semi-finals, although ‘The Hammer’ will still be wondering how he blew a two set advantage.

So, how did the rest of the Unicorn stars fare?

Surprisingly, both World Champion John Part and Kevin Painter were early casualties – losing their first matches…..the Canadian beaten by rising star Kevin McDine, while Painter was beaten by Peter Allen.

American ace Gary Mawson suffered a preliminary round exit at the hands of Kevin Dowling…..Kirk Shepherd beat Aussie Pat Orreal, before a disappointing defeat by Carlos Rodriguez.

Mick McGowan was also beaten in the 2nd Round – going down to fellow Irishman John Magowan and Wes Newton was beaten 3-1 by Steve Hine.

Youngster Ricky Williams produced one of the best displays of his career so far – reaching the last 32, where he lost 3-1 to Roland Scholten. At the same stage Colin Osborne was left cursing missed chances, as he lost 3-2 to Chris Mason….Barrie Bates didn’t win a set against Vincent van der Voort and Peter Manley went down 3-1 against Hine.

Terry Jenkins fell in the 4th Round – a 3-0 defeat to Mervyn King

Results (all best of five sets)

Last 16:

Phil Taylor 3-0 Chris Mason
Wayne Mardle 3-1 Martyn Turner
Adrian Lewis 3-2 Andy Smith
Mervyn King 3-0 Terry Jenkins
James Wade 3-2 Jan van der Rassel
Roland Scholten 3-1 Vincent van der Voort
Andy Hamilton 3-1 Steve Hine
Kevin McDine 3-1 Alan Tabern

Losers - £300

Quarter-Finals:

Phil Taylor 3-0 Wayne Mardle
Adrian Lewis 3-1 Mervyn King
James Wade 3-1 Roland Scholten
Andy Hamilton 3-0 Kevin McDine

Losers - £600

Semi-finals:

Phil Taylor 3-0 Adrian Lewis
James Wade 3-2 Andy Hamilton

Losers - £1,250

Final:

Phil Taylor 3-0 James Wade (2-1, 2-0, 2-0)

WINNER - £5,000

RUNNER UP - £2,500

BY STUART PYKE