Group E: Steve Beaton did what he had to do to push Mervyn King in the battle for progression. James Hubbard was 2-0 down before Beaton extended his lead 4-2. Unfortunately the nineteen year old couldn't fight any more and last semi-finalist went one step closer to the knock-out phase.
The win meant that Mervyn King would have to beat Phil Taylor by at least three legs to make things interesting between the three of them. King did take a 2-1 lead but the game went to 3-3 to put Mervyn King out of contention. Taylor then took the match 5-3 to secure a 100% group stage record. Table:
Taylor 6 +8
Beaton 4 +3
King 2 -2
Hubbard 0 -9
Group F: Wes Newton put himself into the knock-out with a 5-1 victory over Barrie Bates. Bates' tournament has been one he'd like to forget and Newton ended it on a real low. The match was level a 1-1 before Newton stormed into the knock-out round with a superior leg difference to Magnus Caris.
Despite Caris' fate already sealed, he still pushed Paul Nicholson all the way to the deciding leg. Nicholson did take an early 2-0 lead before Caris came back to 3-3. Caris then took a 4-3 lead but Nicholson fought back with a comeback of his own to seal his 100% record in the group stage. Table:
Nicholson 6 +7
Newton 4 +6
Caris 2 0
Bates 0 -13
Group G: John Part kept his hopes of progression alive with a win over Aaron Monk. It didn't all go the Canadian's way though as he found himself 2-1 down. Part then did make it 4-2 and was forced into the eighth leg to seal victory.
This meant that any win by Jan Dekker over Mark Webster would put Part out, except a whitewash scoreline. Webster's doubles were a problem at the start of the match and he found himself 3-2 down. But Part was to get the news he'd been waiting for as Webster recovered his doubles to take the next three legs to put Part through. Table:
Webster 6 +7
Part 4 +1
Dekker 2 -1
Monk 0 -7
Group H: Adrian Lewis also confirmed his 100% group stage record with a comprehensive win over Vicent Van Der Voort. Despite being level at 1-1, Lewis soon found himself 3-1 ahead of the Dutchman. It was then 4-2 before Lewis ended Van Der Voort's disappointing tournament.
Co Stompe took on Martin Phillips in a winner takes all match. Whoever won would join Lewis in the next phase and the contest was over before it started. Phillips quickly took a 4-1 lead before securing his place with a 5-2 win over the deflated Dutchman. Table:
Lewis 6 +8
Phillips 4 +5
Stompe 2 -5
Van Der Voort 0 -8
No comments:
Post a Comment