Week four of the Darts Premier League was in the Westpoint Arena in Exeter. All four games had high entertainment levels but none were real contests. First onto the stage was Jenkins as he took on the birthday boy Whitlock. Both players had won one of their opening three games but Jenkins hadn't won since the opening week whereas Whitlock beat Wade last week. the Aussie clearly had the momentum and stormed into a 2-0 lead after a shaky first leg. Jenkins pulled a leg back in the third but from there Whitlock just kicked through the gears. For the first time this league Whitlock was finally hitting consistent doubles and went onto win 8-1, meaning that Jenkins has only three of his last nineteen legs.
Webster knows how Jenkins feels after being thrashed 8-1 by Anderson last week, Webster's opponent this week was the world champion Adrian Lewis. Webster set the tone of the match with a checkout of 101 in the opening leg. Lewis hit back with a cocky two double tops but that only spurred Webster on further. The third leg saw the Welshman checkout 120 and then a 124 in the fifth leg to make it 3-2. Webster's doubles was unbelievable as he didn't drop a leg from there to win 8-2, he only missed two darts at the doubles to leave Lewis way behind.
The man to beat at the minute is Gary Anderson and Wade was the latest to try and do it. Anderson was having none of it however and stormed into a 4-0 lead with Wade looking well off his game. He pulled two legs back before the break and made 5-3 after eight legs. But Anderson strolled to the finish line to make it four wins from four with an 8-3 scoreline.
Raymond Van Barneveld has been suffering a darting condition known as 'Tayloritis', this is where, for some unknown reason, no matter how good you've been playing you just cannot find the darts against Taylor. It happened again tonight as Taylor took a 2-0 lead, Barney should have made it 2-1 but missed darts to allow Taylor to take the 'Snooker' 147 checkout, making it 3-0. It was soon 6-0 at the break with the highlight being a 106 which again came after Barney missed doubles. But Van Barneveld showed some resurgence following the adverts and won the following three legs to make it 6-3, with a 111 checkout in the eighth. It should have been 6-4 but this time both players missed doubles and it resulted in Taylor getting double one to make it 7-3. The eleventh leg followed suit with Barney missing the double, allowing Taylor to take the win 8-3.
The table sees Anderson still lead the pack with a 100% success rate. Taylor is now just a win away on six points and the top two meet next week. Van Barneveld has now been caught up by Webster and Whitlock with them all having four points. Jenkins, Lewis and Wade are propping up the table with just one win apiece, resulting in two points each.
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