Phil Taylor will meet James Wade in tonight's World Matchplay final. Taylor pretty much breezed past Andy Hamilton in the semi-finals, but the Hammer gave a solid performance and should take many positives from this campaign. Taylor took a 5-2 lead early on but Hamilton reduced the arrears to 6-4. Taylor then took an 11-9 lead but again Hamilton was looking dangerous. However Taylor checked-out a 116 to virtually kill off The Hammer and went onto win 17-9.
Wade faced a much tougher task against the World Champion Adrian Lewis. Lewis hasn't really been at the top of his game all tournament and this time Wade was playing consistently good enough to take full advantage. Wade reeled off a 170 check-out on his way to taking a commanding 10-4 lead. From there it looked ominous but Lewis kept the deficit the same and trailed 13-7. Wade won the match 17-10 with a 127 check-out which ended on the bull to set up a great showdown between, arguably, the best two players in the world.
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