With critics questioning whether Phil Taylor is finished or, at least, diminishing, Taylor hit back in his second round match nearly at his best. After a poor 88 average in the first round he found an average of 102 in his second round match. His opponent was Per Laursen after his shock win over Part and Laursen did very little wrong and won three legs on his way to losing 4-0. After Taylor was expecting Part and then Nicholson, his route has got easier with Laursen evicting Part and Peter Wright beating Nicholson, leaving Taylor to play Wright in the next round.
Taylor's protege Adrian Lewis looked on song as well earlier in the night with a cool victory over Mark Dudbridge. Lewis was firing 180s for fun and quickly went 3-0 ahead. The Bristol thrower didn't leave empty handed as Dudbridge pulled a set back but it was only a quick relent before Lewis finished it off. 'Jackpot' will face Robert Thornton in the third round.
The other match of the night saw Mark Hylton secure another shock of the day after beating Colin Lloyd. Hylton took the first set before Lloyd levelled and 'Jaws' made it 2-2 after Hylton re-took the lead. But Lloyd couldn't keep on fighting and Hylton managed to escaped Jaws' grasp to win 4-2. Setting up a third round match with Mark Webster.
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