Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis came back from 2-0 down in the first round to Nigel Heydon to win 3-1. He then held off Terry Jenkins' surge in the quarter-finals to win 5-3. Lewis then managed to stage an even better comeback in the semi-finals coming back from 5-1 behind against James Wade to put himself into last night's final.
Lewis has now joined Eric Bristow and Raymond Van Barneveld as the only men to retain the World Championship after winning it for the first time. Andy Hamilton was the severe underdog and Lewis took the first set 3-2 with a 122 checkout. But Hamilton wasn't going to be embarrassed and he levelled with a 3-1 second set victory. Both players then took one of the next two sets 3-1 to make it 2-2, Hamilton again equalising. From there Lewis hit another gear and came from 2-1 down in the fifth set to win it with a 112 checkout. Lewis then extended his lead a 3-1 win in the sixth set before Hamilton made it 4-3 with a whitewash in the set. It didn't deter Lewis though and he took the eighth set 3-1 before crucially winning the ninth set via the decider to go just one set away. Hamilton looked to put another set on the board after going 2-0 ahead but Lewis fought back to win the set 3-2 and reclaim the World Championship with a 7-3 victory.
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