Yesterday's round of Premier League Darts headed north of the border again, this time into Aberdeen. The fixtures were the rematches to week two's fixtures. After the debacle in Glasgow with Lewis verbally abused and having objects thrown at him, the Scots learned their lesson and decided that Anderson should play first. His opponent was Jenkins, who was looking to avenge his 8-3 defeat to Anderson in week two. But it was the Scot who took a 3-0 lead before Jenkins came back to 4-2 at the break. It then went to 5-3 with Jenkins checking out 111 in the eighth leg but Anderson wanted to impress his home crowd and made it consecutive 8-3 victories over Jenkins.
Adrian Lewis also wanted to avenge his 8-6 defeat to Wade but 'The Machine' desperately needed the win. Lewis did go 2-0 ahead but only for Wade to win the next six legs. Lewis pulled a leg back in the ninth but Wade looked convincing and earned his much needed win with an 8-3.
Webster really has been the whipping boy as of late and everybody feared for him up against Phil Taylor. Taylor won 8-5 in week two and after initially going 1-0 down, The Power surged to a 8-1 thrashing with highlight being a 104 checkout in the third leg.
The only player to avenge their week two defeat was Whitlock as he played Van Barneveld. It finished 8-3 to Barney in that second week to Whitlock broke early to secure a 2-0 lead. Barney kept to within a leg though and took it to 6-5 it Whitlock's favour, the highlight being a 102 checkout in the eighth for Whitlock. Whitlock then powered to an 8-5 victory with help from a record joining eight 180s in a single Premier League match, but his doubles was what initially kept Barney in the game until that twelfth leg.
After nine weeks Taylor still leads at the top with sixteen points, still four points ahead of Anderson on twelve. Twelve-thirteen points has usually been enough to guarantee a semi-final place. Barney is now joined by Whitlock on ten with Lewis still just a point behind. Wade now moves up to sixth with six points ahead of Jenkins on five and Webster on four.
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