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WORLD number two James Wade was sensationally dumped from the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship by Mensur Suljovic on Tuesday night, as the Austrian took a 4-2 win in their second round contest.

Wade had entered the £1 million event as the second favourite, but was sent packing by the 38-year-old from Vienna, who was rated at 6/1 just to win the match.

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JAMES WADE powered into the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, sweeping aside Spanish debutant Antonio Alcinas in straight sets at Alexandra Palace on Monday.

Wade, the world number two who won October’s World Grand Prix, dropped only two legs in a clinical win over the newcomer from Majorca.

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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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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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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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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.

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JAMES WADE claimed his fifth major title with a 6-3 victory over Adrian Lewis in the final of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix.

The left-hander from Aldershot picked up his second Dublin title, following up his 2007 triumph with a confident defeat of Lewis, who knocked out reigning champion Phil Taylor in the semis but failed to repeat the feat against Wade.

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RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and James Wade ended the hopes of crowd favourites John MaGowan and Mick McGowan with convincing wins in the first round of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix on Tuesday night.

Dutchman van Barneveld began his bid to reach a third successive final at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin with a straight sets defeat of 69-year-old MaGowan.

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