The cameras, the dartboard and the oche all arrived in Blackpool yesterday as the 2011 World Matchplay Darts got underway in the Winter Gardens. The first shock of the tournament came in the first match of the tournament as Terry Jenkins was thrashed by Steve Beaton. Beaton quickly took a 3-0 lead before Jenkins fought back to equalise. But the heat overcooked the Bull and Beaton stormed to take the match 10-3.
Usually the first round matches are first to ten, but Adrian Lewis needed extra time to just about come through against Kevin Painter. You have to win by two clear legs to progress, so at 10-9, Lewis needed another leg to win. First of all, Painter went 4-1 ahead after Lewis initially took the first leg. Painter then led 9-6 and had three darts at double top to win the match but squandered them. Lewis had to take his darts back out of his pocket to fight back to take the lead at 10-9. But Painter responded by going 11-10 ahead and had another three darts to win the match but were again wasted. Lewis took full advantage and won 14-12 to stumble into the next round.
Vincent Van der Voort was cruising to victory over Alan Tabern leading 8-4. But Tabern fought back to 8-7 before the Dutchman finally finished the match off 10-7. The final match of the night saw Webtser take on John Part. Webster also stormed into a 7-1 lead before he stepped of the gas. Part battled back and included a nine darter, only the third player to do it in this tournament ever, to make it 8-7. But again the Welshman finally got the job done to also win 10-7.
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