| Brilliant King Completes Swindon Double MERVYN KING completed a clean sweep of the PDC ProTour events in King backed up Saturday's Players Championship victory with another classy display to claim the £6,000 top prize from the first of eight UK Open Qualifiers to be held in the coming months. Having overcome a scare in Sunday's opening game, when he battled from behind to defeat Anastasia Dobromyslova in a deciding leg, King then swept to 6-3 wins against local rival Peter Wright, Premier League Darts opponent Ronnie Baxter, Jamie Caven and Wayne Jones. In the semi-finals, he landed seven 180s in a 6-4 defeat of world number two James Wade - repeating his Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts win on Thursday against the left-hander - before defeating Whitlock in the final. King made an early statement of intent in the decider, taking out 117 in the opening leg, double one to break Whitlock's throw in the second, and a 14-darter to move 3-0 up. Double top for a 14-darter in reply saw Whitlock get off the mark, but King kicked off the fifth leg with a maximum and took out 104 for a 4-1 cushion, then finished 80 to win the sixth leg before wrapping up the win in the next. "I'm lost for words," admitted an emotional King afterwards. "I can't explain how it feels to have won both ProTour events in a weekend. "It means everything to me and I'm so proud, because to win one tournament is an achievement in itself, but to win two is as good as it gets. "I played some fantastic darts on Saturday and did it again today. My new darts are feeling like a part of me now and to play for two days running at that standard is phenomenal." King joins an elite group of players to have won both PDC ProTour events staged in one weekend, with Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Robert Thornton also achieving the feat. Whitlock reached his first PDC ProTour final with an exceptional display in Anderson led 5-3 in their semi-final clash but paid the penalty for failing to close out the win, while Wade reached the last four for the second time in four PDC ProTour events so far this year. Yorkshire's Mark Lawrence mirrored his run to the quarter-finals of the UK Open finals last June with a last eight finish in Chris Mason's return from an eight-month absence saw him reach the last 16, with newcomer Anton Liscsey, former UK Open champion Roland Scholten and Adrian Lewis amongst the other losers at that stage. Youngster Arron Monk also reached the last 16, defeating his father Colin Monk, Steve Beaton and Carlos Rodriguez on the day. Preliminary Round Stuart Bousfield 6-5 James Barton Anton Liscsey 6-4 Robert Heard Ian Eames 6-2 Tony Martin Ian Jopling 6-5 Paul Williams Nigel Heydon 6-0 Dave Ahmet Jimmy Mann 6-4 Shaun Dring Chris Allen 6-3 Dave Askew Matt Padgett 6-1 Geoff Whitworth Robbie Newland 6-2 Tony Blundell Darren Latham 6-1 Jimmy O'Regan Jamie Atkins 6-0 Dave Ansell Peter Hudson 6-1 Steve Cupitt Andy Hutchings 6-1 Jon Archer Stephen Hardy 6-5 Matthew Wenham Ian McFarlane 6-0 Tommy McIntosh Anastasia Dobromyslova 6-0 Billy Meakins Dave Smith 6-0 Lee Hayes Paul Rowley 6-2 Martin Bevan Arron Monk 6-2 Tony Randell Steven Perry 6-3 Bryan Whybrow Jason Clark 6-3 Danny Pinhorne Sam Allen 6-5 Bryan De Hoog Kevin Dowling 6-0 Daz Mawer John Quantock 6-5 Nigel Birch Darren Webster 6-1 Mark Cox Lee Williams 6-4 Joe Cullen Jimmy Dunlop 6-5 Mark Stephenson Mareno Michels 6-0 Dean Allsopp Andy Pearce 6-2 Simon Burt Stuart Dutton 6-2 Aodhagan O'Neill Matt Draper 6-1 Nicholas Ogier Robert Parker 6-5 Steve Musson Simon Cunningham 6-4 Tony Clark Darren Weaver 6-3 Simon Craven Andy Fordham 6-5 Alex Tinsley Patrick Pace 6-1 Ron Atwill Mark Hylton 6-0 Jim Leighton Andy Relf 6-4 Steven Pearson Ian Lever 6-3 Jimi Parr Robert Alford 6-5 Andy Callaby First Round Mark Frost 6-0 Kevin Harris Michael Barnard 6-2 Matt Gallett Colin Lloyd 6-0 Stuart Bousfield Anton Liscsey 6-5 Steve Evans Kevin Painter 6-5 Sean White James Wade 6-3 Ian Eames John Part 6-5 Ian Jopling Nigel Heydon 6-4 Steve Grubb Wes Newton 6-1 Tom Martin Mark Lawrence 6-5 Jimmy Mann Darren Johnson 6-5 Chris Allen Brendan Dolan 6-4 Matt Padgett Wayne Mardle 6-5 Chris Roland Scholten 6-4 Robbie Newland Nick Fullwell 6-4 Darren Latham Mick McGowan 6-4 Jamie Atkins Mark Dudbridge 6-1 Dave Ladley Jamie Caven 6-0 Adam Huckvale Peter Hudson 6-4 Andy Hamilton Andy Hutchings 6-0 Steve Hine Mark Walsh 6-3 Rick Lowther Ronnie Baxter 6-3 Stephen Hardy Peter Wright 6-3 Ian McFarlane Mervyn King 6-5 Anastasia Dobromyslova Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Anthony Urmston-Toft Steve Maish 6-2 Steve Perkins Co Stompe 6-3 Dave Smith Wayne Jones 6-3 Paul Rowley Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Mark Jodrill Colin Monk 6-1 Adam Ward Arron Monk 6-2 Carlos Rodriguez Steve Beaton 6-0 Steven Perry Par Riihonen 6-5 Tony Eccles Alex Roy 6-0 Chris Daglish Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Jason Clark Chris Mason 6-2 Sam Allen Denis Ovens 6-3 Mark Jones Terry Jenkins 6-2 Kevin Dowling John Quantock 6-3 Steve Brown Dennis Smith 6-2 Darren Webster Colin Osborne 6-2 Lee Williams Chris Thompson 6-0 Jimmy Dunlop Simon Whitlock 6-2 Mareno Michels Richie Burnett 6-2 Kevin McDine Paul Nicholson 6-0 Andy Pearce Andy Smith 6-3 Stuart Dutton Matt Draper 6-5 Dennis Priestley Tony Ayres Peter Manley 6-5 Robbie Parker Simon Cunningham 6-5 John MaGowan Gary Anderson 6-0 Darren Weaver Dave Honey 6-4 Peter Allen Robert Thornton 6-1 Andy Fordham Alan Tabern 6-4 Patrick Pace Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Mark Hylton Adrian Gray 6-2 Lee White Adrian Lewis 6-1 Andy Relf Jyhan Artut 6-1 Ian Lever Mark Webster 6-1 Steve Watts Justin Pipe 6-5 Wayne Atwood Dylan Duo 6-1 Robert Alford Matt Clark 6-1 Second Round Mark Frost 6-5 Michael Barnard Anton Liscsey 6-4 Colin Lloyd James Wade 6-2 Kevin Painter Nigel Heydon 6-2 John Part Mark Lawrence 6-4 Wes Newton Darren Johnson 6-5 Brendan Dolan Roland Scholten 6-4 Wayne Mardle Nick Fullwell 6-2 Mick McGowan Jamie Caven 6-4 Mark Dudbridge Peter Hudson 6-5 Andy Hutchings Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Mark Walsh Mervyn King 6-3 Peter Wright Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Steve Maish Wayne Jones 6-5 Co Stompe Colin Monk 6-3 Kirk Shepherd Arron Monk 6-4 Steve Beaton Alex Roy 6-3 Par Riihonen Chris Mason 6-4 Jelle Klaasen Terry Jenkins 6-3 Denis Ovens Dennis Smith 6-0 John Quantock Colin Osborne 6-3 Simon Whitlock 6-3 Chris Thompson Paul Nicholson 6-4 Richie Burnett Andy Smith 6-1 Matt Draper Peter Manley 6-0 Tony Ayres Gary Anderson 6-4 Simon Cunningham Robert Thornton 6-2 Dave Honey Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Alan Tabern Adrian Lewis 6-4 Jyhan Artut Mark Webster 6-1 Justin Pipe Matt Clark 6-5 Dylan Duo Losers £200 Third Round Anton Liscsey 6-3 Mark Frost James Wade 6-5 Nigel Heydon Mark Lawrence 6-4 Darren Johnson Roland Scholten 6-4 Nick Fullwell Jamie Caven 6-5 Peter Hudson Mervyn King 6-3 Ronnie Baxter Wayne Jones 6-3 Michael van Gerwen Arron Monk 6-5 Colin Monk Chris Mason 6-3 Alex Roy Terry Jenkins 6-1 Dennis Smith Simon Whitlock 6-0 Colin Osborne Paul Nicholson 6-4 Andy Smith Gary Anderson 6-4 Peter Manley Robert Thornton 6-4 Vincent van der Voort Adrian Lewis 6-2 Matt Clark 6-5 Mark Webster Losers £300 Fourth Round James Wade 6-4 Anton Liscsey Mark Lawrence 6-4 Roland Scholten Mervyn King 6-3 Jamie Caven Wayne Jones 6-4 Arron Monk Terry Jenkins 6-2 Chris Mason Simon Whitlock 6-3 Paul Nicholson Gary Anderson 6-2 Robert Thornton Matt Clark 6-2 Adrian Lewis Losers £500 Quarter-Finals James Wade 6-3 Mark Lawrence Mervyn King 6-3 Wayne Jones Simon Whitlock 6-5 Terry Jenkins Gary Anderson 6-3 Matt Clark Losers £1,000 Semi-Finals Mervyn King 6-4 James Wade Simon Whitlock 6-5 Gary Anderson Losers £1,500 Final Mervyn King 6-1 Simon Whitlock Winner £6,000 Runner-Up £3,000 Story By: Editor Date : 22-02-2010 |
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