King Wins Scottish Sun Scottish Players Championship
MERVYN KING won his first PDC title with a whitewash of Mark Dudbridge in the Scottish Sun Scottish Players Championship.
King has been on the PDC circuit for just over a year, and picked up his maiden victory in style at Glasgow's Thistle Hotel.
He ended Phil Taylor's run of PDC Pro Tour wins in the last 16, and failed to drop a set in his final three games.
King defeated Kevin McDine in straight sets in the quarter-finals, before whitewashing both Mick McGowan - in the semis - and Dudbridge to pick up the £5,000 cheque.
"I'm very happy," said King. "It's hopefully my first title of many and it means a lot to me for the hard work I've put in over the past year.
"My best game was probably defeating Phil, as it had to be, but I was delighted to finish strongly too and get the win."
King had earlier ended Taylor's bid for a seventh successive PDC Pro Tour victory at the last 16 stage - meaning that Taylor's unbeaten run since mid-March was ended at 44 games, matching his tally
in the first four years of the Premier League which also ended in Glasgow, back in January.
Dudbridge edged out Vincent van der Voort in a thrilling deciding leg of their semi-final, with the Dutchman missing four match darts before Dudbridge landed double ten for the win.
The Bristolian, in his first PDC Pro Tour final of 2008, also defeated Ronnie Baxter, Dennis Smith, Mark Jones and Steve Cusick in the event.
Earlier in the day, Colin Osborne hit his third nine-darter in professional competition during his first round win over Lionel Sams.
Osborne claimed a £1,200 for the feat, which came in a run of legs of 11, 11, 9 and 11 darts which swept him to victory.
Newcomer Louis Blundell claimed the scalp of Wayne Mardle with a 105 finish in the deciding leg of their contest, while McGowan enjoyed his best run of the year by reaching the semis.
Scottish Sun Scottish Players Championship
King has been on the PDC circuit for just over a year, and picked up his maiden victory in style at Glasgow's Thistle Hotel.
He ended Phil Taylor's run of PDC Pro Tour wins in the last 16, and failed to drop a set in his final three games.
King defeated Kevin McDine in straight sets in the quarter-finals, before whitewashing both Mick McGowan - in the semis - and Dudbridge to pick up the £5,000 cheque.
"I'm very happy," said King. "It's hopefully my first title of many and it means a lot to me for the hard work I've put in over the past year.
"My best game was probably defeating Phil, as it had to be, but I was delighted to finish strongly too and get the win."
King had earlier ended Taylor's bid for a seventh successive PDC Pro Tour victory at the last 16 stage - meaning that Taylor's unbeaten run since mid-March was ended at 44 games, matching his tally
in the first four years of the Premier League which also ended in Glasgow, back in January.
Dudbridge edged out Vincent van der Voort in a thrilling deciding leg of their semi-final, with the Dutchman missing four match darts before Dudbridge landed double ten for the win.
The Bristolian, in his first PDC Pro Tour final of 2008, also defeated Ronnie Baxter, Dennis Smith, Mark Jones and Steve Cusick in the event.
Earlier in the day, Colin Osborne hit his third nine-darter in professional competition during his first round win over Lionel Sams.
Osborne claimed a £1,200 for the feat, which came in a run of legs of 11, 11, 9 and 11 darts which swept him to victory.
Newcomer Louis Blundell claimed the scalp of Wayne Mardle with a 105 finish in the deciding leg of their contest, while McGowan enjoyed his best run of the year by reaching the semis.
Scottish Sun Scottish Players Championship
Final Mervyn King 3-0 Mark Dudbridge (2-0, 2-0, 2-0) Winner £5,000 Runner-Up £2,500 |
| Semi-Finals Mervyn King 3-0 Mick McGowan (2-0, 2-0, 2-0) Mark Dudbridge 3-2 Vincent van der Voort (0-2, 2-0, 2-0, 1-2, 2-1) Losers £1,250
|
| Quarter-Finals Mervyn King 3-0 Kevin McDine Mick McGowan 3-2 Colin Osborne Vincent van der Voort 3-2 Mark Walsh Mark Dudbridge 3-0 Ronnie Baxter Losers £600 |
| Third Round Mervyn King 3-1 Phil Taylor Kevin McDine 3-1 Adrian Gray Colin Osborne 3-0 Jamie Caven Mick McGowan 3-2 Roland Scholten Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Jason Barry Mark Walsh 3-0 Michael van Gerwen Ronnie Baxter 3-0 John MaGowan Mark Dudbridge 3-2 Dennis Smith Losers £300 |
| Second Round Phil Taylor 3-0 Steve Brown Mervyn King 3-0 Andy Smith Kevin McDine 3-2 Alan Tabern Adrian Gray 3-2 Kevin Painter Jamie Caven 3-2 Louis Blundell Colin Osborne 3-1 Wayne Jones Roland Scholten 3-1 Jason Clark Mick McGowan 3-0 Chris Mason Jason Barry 3-0 Colin Monk Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Mark Frost Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Barrie Bates Mark Walsh 3-1 Denis Ovens John MaGowan 3-0 Peter Manley Ronnie Baxter 3-2 Steve Beaton Dennis Smith 3-1 Jelle Klaasen Mark Dudbridge 3-0 Mark Jones Losers £150 |
| First Round Phil Taylor 3-0 Geoff Daniels Steve Brown 3-2 Matt Clark Mervyn King 3-2 Pat Orreal Andy Smith 3-2 Chris Thompson Alan Tabern 3-0 Dave Ladley Kevin McDine 3-1 Dave Askew Kevin Painter 3-1 Steve Hine Adrian Gray 3-2 Alan Caves Louis Blundell 3-2 Wayne Mardle Jamie Caven 3-2 Steve Maish Colin Osborne 3-1 Lionel Sams ** Colin Osborne nine-darter Wayne Jones 3-1 Tom Wilson Roland Scholten 3-1 Brendan Dolan Jason Clark 3-0 Tony Eccles Chris Mason 3-0 Derek Box Mick McGowan 3-0 Ricky Williams Jason Barry 3-2 Terry Jenkins Colin Monk 3-2 Pete Allen Mark Frost 3-2 Kirk Shepherd Vincent van der Voort 3-1 Martyn Turner Barrie Bates 3-2 John Quantock Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Chris Beeston Denis Ovens 3-0 Lee Williams Mark Walsh 3-0 Steve Evans Peter Manley 3-0 Gary Welding John MaGowan 3-1 Alan Warriner-Little Ronnie Baxter 3-1 Tony Littleton Steve Beaton 3-2 Dave Honey Dennis Smith 3-1 Andy Hamilton Jelle Klaasen 3-2 James Keogh Mark Dudbridge 3-0 Steve Cusick Mark Jones 3-1 Wes Newton Losers £75
|
| Preliminary Round Geoff Daniels Bye (Wayne Atwood) Matt Clark 3-0 Nick Fulwell Steve Brown 3-1 Peter Wright Pat Orreal 3-0 Stuart Holden Chris Thompson 3-0 Lee Holden Dave Ladley 3-0 Sean Palfrey Kevin McDine 3-1 Mick Savvery Steve Hine 3-1 Chris Oprey Alan Caves 3-0 Ian Lever Louis Blundell 3-0 Owen Caffrey Jamie Caven 3-1 Robert Watson-Lang Lionel Sams 3-1 Jim Young Tom Wilson 3-0 Jim Leighton Brendan Dolan 3-0 Kevin Reade Jason Clark 3-2 Geoff Wylie Derek Box 3-1 Glyn Humphries Ricky Williams 3-0 Jonathan Overton Jason Barry 3-1 Jamie Harvey Pete Allen 3-0 Kieran Leal Mark Frost 3-0 Matt Sheehan Martyn Turner 3-0 Dave Ansell John Quantock 3-1 Chris Cooper Chris Beeston Bye (Steve Smith) Lee Williams 3-2 Russell Mason Steve Evans 3-1 Darren Sutton Gary Welding 3-2 Nigel Birch John MaGowan 3-0 Graeme Stoddart Tony Littleton 3-2 Dave Smith Dave Honey 3-0 Steven Watts Dennis Smith 3-1 Darren Latham James Keogh 3-0 Kevin Dowling Steve Cusick 3-1 Shane Passey Mark Jones 3-1 Jon Archer |