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World Champion Raymond Van Barneveld swept to victory for the second successive year at the UK Open Irish Regional.
Barney was the stand-out player all day – and after Phil Taylor’s victory in the Players Championship event – it is the perfect warm-up for both ahead of the World Grand Prix.
It was also a memorable day for 22-year-old Geordie Kevin McDine, who reached his first PDC Final…..but it was one-way traffic – Barney winning 8-2, after reeling off six consecutive legs to clinch victory.
The UK Open Champion for the last two years, hit five 180s and was clinical on the finishing – hitting 136, 119, 96 and 86 on the bull.
It was a dramatic day in Dublin, where Team Unicorn interest ended at the quarter-final stage, when Adrian Lewis was beaten by Barney.
It was one game too far for an emotional Lewis, who had beaten his former mentor Phil Taylor in a nail-biting match at the last 16 stage. It was nip and tuck but when Lewis hit double 19, with his last dart, to break and go 4-3 in front, he was in the driving seat.BY STUART PYKE AT THE CITY WEST HOTEL
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Новость в оригинале: BARNEY STONE IN DUBLIN!
