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Scott Waites Makes Remarkable Comeback to Win Grand Slam Final
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SCOTT WAITES defeated James Wade 16-12 to win an incredible Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts final, coming from 8-0 down in claiming the £100,000 title at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
Waites made up for his defeat to Phil Taylor in last year’s final with a thrilling fightback to claim the biggest win of his career.
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Scott Waites and James Wade will contest the final of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts on Sunday evening, having overcome Wayne Jones and Steve Beaton respectively in the semi-finals at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
Waites won through to his second successive Grand Slam of Darts with a 16-9 defeat of Steve Beaton, who had knocked out defending champion Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals but failed to repeat the performance.
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STEVE BEATON sensationally ended Phil Taylor’s reign as the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts champion, coming from 14-11 down to take a 16-14 quarter-final win at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Saturday.
Taylor has won the first three years of the Grand Slam tournament, and his bid for another £100,000 title looked set to continue when he took leads of 10-7 and 14-11.
But Beaton – who had also led 7-5 at one stage – produced some superb darts to reel off five straight legs to claim a momentous victory.
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WORLD number two James Wade and Wolverhampton favourite Wayne Jones will clash in the semi-finals of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts after winning thrilling quarter-final ties on Saturday afternoon.
Wade edged out 2008 runner-up Terry Jenkins 16-15 in a high-quality contest, which saw the players share 11 ton-plus finishes as the lead changed hands four times.
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PHIL TAYLOR returned to his ruthless best to power into the quarter-finals of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts, defeating Ronnie Baxter 10-1 at the Wolves Civic.
Taylor had ditched his new-look glasses to see off Wes Newton in progressing through the group stage, and turned on the style in continuing his bid for a fourth straight Grand Slam win.
He took a 9-0 lead against Baxter as the Blackpool man suffered a nightmare with his finishing, and after dropping just one leg hit double top to secure a heavy win.
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JAMES WADE won a nail-biting deciding leg against Mervyn King to progress to the last eight of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts for the first time in four attempts at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
The left-hander has been a second round loser in the previous three years of the £400,000 tournament, but edged a thriller against King to set up a quarter-final with Terry Jenkins on Saturday.
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PHIL TAYLOR returned to top form to keep alive the defence of his Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts title – ditching his glasses to defeat Wes Newton 5-3 and move into the last 16.
Taylor had worn glasses for the first time in a major event in his opening two games at the Grand Slam of Darts, but after losing to Ted Hankey on Monday night decided to return to his natural vision.
1 comment 210 viewsWade Moves Forward , Webster Narrowly Misses Last 16 Spot
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NUMBER two seed James Wade and Wolverhampton favourite Wayne Jones edged into the last 16 of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts on Tuesday night, but there was heartbreak for Mark Webster as he narrowly missed out on a second round berth.
The tournament saw Groups A-D complete their round-robin fixtures at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, with only Tony O’Shea and Robert Thornton entering the night assured of qualification.
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TONY O’SHEA and Robert Thornton booked their places in the second round of the Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts on Sunday evening.
O’Shea, a quarter-finalist in last year’s tournament, continued his impressive start to the £400,000 event with a 5-1 win over PDC world number two James Wade.
1 comment 150 viewsPhil Taylor Sees Off Van Gerwen 5-1 at Grand Slam of Darts
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Reigning Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts champion Phil Taylor made a winning start to life with glasses, defeating Michael van Gerwen 5-1 in his first appearance wearing spectacles on stage.
Taylor, the 15-time World Champion and three-time Grand Slam winner, has recently been prescribed glasses to aid his long sight, and the 50-year-old showed few signs of weakness in a winning start to Group H.
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