Phil Taylor

Darts results: Phil Taylor defeats John Part to reach the World Senior Masters quarter-finals

By Sporting Life

Darts

Sat May 28, 2022 · 4y ago

Phil Taylor defeated John Part to reach the World Senior Masters quarter-finals - but afterwards admitted he's finding it tough to recapture his old form.

The Power returned to the iconic Lakeside for the first time since winning two of his 16 world titles in the early 1990s - including that unforgettable 1992 final against the late Mike Gregory - and despite brushing aside his old rival 4-0 for the loss of just one leg, he averaged a 'mediocre' 84.73.

Taylor, who will now face John Lowe or Les Wallace on Sunday afternoon, told Live Darts: "I’m trying too hard to lift the roof off the building. It’s not me, but I’m trying.

“It’s so difficult to be as dedicated as I used to be.

“Lockdown threw my game apart and everything changed – my stance, my body, everything.”

"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 - 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙙."

Raw and honest reaction from Phil Taylor as he opens up on his loss of form ⚡️🎥

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Earlier three-time world champion Darth Maple completed a 4-0 victory over Lakeside's historic nine-dart hero Paul Lim with 164 checkout.

Canada's David Cameron came back from 3-1 down to overcome the highly fancied Kevin Painter.

The Artist reached the semi-finals of February’s World Seniors Championship but couldn't make the most of his advantage as Cameron produced a stunning 138 to win the fifth set before edging the sixth to force a decider.

Cameron averaged 89 during the 4-3 win and will next face World Seniors champion Robert Thornton.

In the night's other game Wayne Jones beat former UK Open champion Roland Scholten with an average of just over 80.

World Senior Darts Championship schedule and results

All sets are best of three legs

Friday May 27
Evening Session (1900 BST)
TV Coverage: BT Sport 3
First/Second Round (Best of 7 sets)

Paul Lim (82.31) 0-4 (81.33) John Part (R1)
Set scores: 0-2, 0-2, 1-2, 1-2
Kevin Painter (89.28) 3-4 (89.37) David Cameron (R1)
Set scores: 2-1, 1-2, 2-0, 2-0, 1-2, 1-2, 0-2
Roland Scholten (76.99) 1-4 (80.50) Wayne Jones (R1)
Set scores: 0-2, 2-0, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2
John Part (78.04) 0-4 (84.73) Phil Taylor (R2)
Set scores: 0-2, 0-2, 1-2, 0-2

Saturday May 28
Afternoon session (1300 BST)
TV Coverage: BT Sport 3
First/Second Round (Best of 7 sets)

Lisa Ashton v Tony O’Shea (R2)
Terry Jenkins v Richie Howson (R1)
Deta Hedman v Colin Monk (R2)
Martin Adams v Wayne Jones (R2)

Evening Session (1900 BST)
TV Coverage: BT Sport 3
First/Second Round (Best of 7 sets)

John Lowe v Les Wallace (R2)
Trina Gulliver v Jenkins/Howson (R2)
Robert Thornton v David Cameron (R2)
Bob Anderson v Keith Deller (R2)

Sunday May 29
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
TV Coverage: BT Sport 3
Quarter-finals (Best of 7 sets)

Thornton/Painter/Cameron v Hedman/Monk
Taylor/Part/Lim v Lowe/Wallace
Adams/Scholten/Jones v Ashton/O'Shea
Gulliver/Jenkins/Howson v Anderson/Deller

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
TV Coverage: BT Sport 1

Semi-Finals (Best of 9)

Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 2
Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 4

Final (Best of 11)

Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2

What TV channel is the World Seniors Masters on?

The World Senior Darts Masters will be broadcast in the UK on BT Sport 1 & 3. Darts fans in Germany can watch on Sport1 while everywhere else it will be PPV only with a pass for £10 for the whole weekend and £5 per match session. Click here for more information.