Phil Taylor began his quest to win the BetVictor World Matchplay for an incredible 16th time with a crushing 10-2 win over John Henderson on Monday night, as Andy Hamilton, Keegan Brown and Dave Chisnall joined him in the second round.

Taylor, unbeaten at the Winter Gardens since 2007, kicked off his challenge in the £450,000 event in ideal fashion by seeing off the Scottish qualifier with a comfortable victory.

Taylor kicked off three of the opening four legs with 180s as he established a 3-1 lead, and extended the gap to five legs before Henderson hit back to trail 6-2.

Taylor hit a fourth maximum as he regained his five-leg lead and then clinically took out 109 and 64 to move 9-2 up and landed another 180 before sealing victory with two double eights to finish 32.

"It was a good win and I did what I set out to do," said Taylor. "John's a better player than he showed tonight but you've got to attack your opponent and put them under pressure.

"I knew John was a little bit under pressure from the beginning so I tried to speed him up a bit and push him.

"This is my favourite venue and I love the tournament, and I feel comfortable here so it's great to still be in the hunt."

Taylor's second round opponent will be Stoke rival Andy Hamilton, who caused an upset by knocking out five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld with a fine 10-7 victory.

Hamilton had claimed the final ProTour qualifying place in the tournament and was the 750/1 outsider to claim the title with sponsors BetVictor ahead of the event - but has seen those odds slashed to 125/1 following the win.

Checkouts of 96 and 158 in the first two legs gave him an ideal start, and though van Barneveld hit back to 3-2, Hamilton took the next five legs without reply - landing a 13-darter and three 180s in the process - as he moved 8-2 up.

Van Barneveld won the next three to spark a revival, and after Hamilton landed a 180 and a 91 finish to move 9-5 up, he took out 48 and 96 to cut the gap to two legs.

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From Arthur Askey to Shirley Bassey, the Winter Gardens in Blackpool bring out the best performers in the world. Now Phil Taylor looks to get in on the act by landing a 16th World Matchplay title.

The tungsten dart legend has been utterly peerless during his time at the tournament, which is held beside the seaside in sunny Lancashire.

Taylor has won 15 Matchplay titles since it began in 1995 and 'The Power' is now aiming to make it eight in a row and continue his 35-match unbeaten run when he kicks-off his campaign on Monday.

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Andy Hamilton caused the shock of the 2015 World Matchplay Tungsten Darts so far by knocking out five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round on Monday night.

'Barney', a 21-time major title winner, was expected to beat the out-of-form Hamilton but struggled with his average from the start and eventually lost 10-7 at the famous Winter Gardens venue in Blackpool.

'The Hammer' raced into a two-leg lead, hitting a 158 checkout along the way. With the momentum fully with the world No 20, Van Barneveld couldn't find the catalyst needed to recover from his poor throwing.

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The Premier League player was always playing catch up against White who returned for the final mini-session to take five of the last six legs and send Bunting packing in a match illuminated by 17 180s.

White hit bullseye to claim his first leg before breaking Bunting’s throw, then going 3-1 up to leave his opponent looking bewildered. He checked out from 118 to go 4-2 up but Bunting’s nine maximums helped him to make it five apiece heading into a break.

When they returned to the oche it was one-way traffic with White breaking Bunting’s throw twice and taking out 112 to put himself one leg away from victory. Bunting briefly delayed the inevitable before White secured a second-round tie against Simon Whitlock.

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Gary Anderson began his quest for the Triple Crown with a straightforward 10-4 victory over Steve Beaton at the World Matchplay on July 19.

The Flying Scotsman is aiming to add the Matchplay trophy to the World Darts Championship and Premier League Darts titles that he has already won in 2015, and used his first-round match at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens as a showcase of his tungsten talents.

He broke Beaton’s throw within minutes then took out 79, before punishing his opponent’s inability to finish with a demonstration of how to do so from 113. Beaton broke back before Anderson did the same with a finish from 75.

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Two exciting opportunity's for players to book their places in this years Grand Slam of Darts and join Scott Mitchell, Martin Adams,Geert De Vos and Martin Phillips at the Civic Hall, North Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1RD between 7th - 15th November 2015.

The UK/Rep of Ireland along with players from outside Europe can enter the BDO Play-Offs in Hull on 6th October 2015 and the European players can enter the NDB Play-Offs in Veldhoven on 18th October 2015. There will be 2 qualifiers from each event.

Full details are given in the attached press releases.

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Klaasen – who won his second PDC title in Wigan – kept his superb run of results going as he romped to victory over fan favourite Petersen, landing an 11-darter in the process as the South African struggled to recapture the form that saw him defeat Peter Wright on day two.

Robert Thornton will be Klaasen’s next opponent after he ensured it would not be a case of third time lucky for two-time European Darts Open runner-up Simon Whitlock, winning 6-3.

With the match evenly posied at 3-3, Thornton found another gear as he reeled of the final three legs, closing out the win with a classy 12-dart leg as he expertly checked out 121.

Klaasen’s Dutch counterpart Michael van Gerwen also enjoyed a comprehensive victory as he raced to a 6-1 victory against Johnny Haines in the opening game of the final day.

After a below-par performance on day two, van Gerwen started slowly again against Swindon-thrower Haines as he was broken in the opening leg of the match. But the Dutchman would quickly regain his form as he took the next six legs without reply, finishing with a 101.47 average and ending in style with a spectacular 11-dart leg.

Van Gerwen will now face Alan Norris, who is into his first European Tour quarter-final after edging out Mervyn King 6-5 in a deciding leg. After an even start to the match, Norris landed his highest checkout of the match (127) to open up a 4-2 lead.

King would respond well though as he took the next three legs to move 5-4 in front, before Norris kicked off with six perfect darts in the penultimate leg as he forced a decider where he would land tops to break the throw and seal victory.

Fifth seed Brendan Dolan produced a solid display to Terry Jenkins 6-4 in the third game of the afternoon.

Jenkins started superbly as he stormed into a 3-1 lead, including a brilliant 11-darter in the second leg as he kicked off with back-to-back maximums. Dolan would hit back in style though as he found his form as he took the following four legs before swiftly wrapping up the win on tops.

Dolan will take on Kim Huybrechts in the last eight after the Belgian defeated International Darts Open winner Michael Smith 6-4 in Dusseldorf. There was nothing to separate the pair in the early exchanges before Huybrechts kicked on to open up a two leg lead at 5-3 before wrapping up the victory with a 13-darter two legs later.

James Wade would win by the same scoreline as he ended Mark Webster's impressive run in Dusseldorf.

There was never more than a leg in the match until the final leg as the pair both struggled to pull clear, with Wade landing brilliant 138 and 121 finishes on his way to victory as he continued his strong form of late having won last weekend's Players Championship event in Wigan.

Wade will now face-off with Vincent van der Voort, who enjoyed a much simpler passage into the quarter-finals as he comprehensively defeated Dutch Darts Masters runner-up Justin Pipe 6-1.

Van der Voort was always on top as he raced into a 4-0 lead against the tenth seed, checking out 127 in the process, before beginning with a 180 in the final leg and finishing on double 16.

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Once you become a killer, the job now is to kill all your opponents. You accomplish this by hitting the double of their number and they kill you by hitting the double of your number. One important note, if Corner sealed his second Challenge Tour title of the year by beating Mike Norton, whilst youngster Reynolds defeated Christopher Quantock in the day’s second event.

Corner began strongly as he secured back-to-back 5-1 victories in his opening matches against Vernon Sheppard and Andy Pearson before defeating Wayne Thomas 5-3 to win his board.

The 53-year-old would then defeat Mark Lawrence in his following match before comfortably seeing off Shaun Griffiths – who has already won two Challenge Tour events in 2015 – 5-1 in the Last 16.

Another comprehensive victory would follow in the quarter-finals as he whitewashed Ryan Searle 5-0, before sealing the £2,000 top prize with two deciding leg victories against Jonathan Worsley and Mike Norton.

Two-time PDC Development Tour winner Reynolds also started strongly in the day’s second event as he won his board with confident victories against Richard Calvert (5-1), Diogo Portela (5-3) and Mark Carter (5-1).

The Welshman would then defeat Matthew Dennant (5-3) and Sam Hamilton (5-2) to reach the quarter-finals, where he would edge out Ian Walters, winning in a deciding leg 5-4.

After seeing off Ian McFarlane 5-3 in the semi-finals, Reynolds defeated Christopher Quantock by the same scoreline in the final to seal a third PDC title and round off an impressive two days at the oche, having also finished runner-up to Jan Dekker in the first event of the weekend.

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First round best of 11 legs, quarter-finals, semis & final best of 15 legs

First Round Draw & Tournament Bracket
Michael van Gerwen (1) v Chikara Fujimori
Stephen Bunting (8) v Shintaro Inoue
Peter Wright (5) v Haruki Muramatsu
Adrian Lewis (4) v Sho Katsumi
Phil Taylor (2) v Masumi Chino
Raymond van Barneveld (7) v Katsuya Aiba
James Wade (6) v Morihiro Hashimoto
Gary Anderson (3) v Yuki Yamada

Tournament Schedule & Results
(All times BST)

Saturday June 27
Opening Session

Stephen Bunting 6-1 Shintaro Inoue
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Katsuya Aiba
Adrian Lewis 6-0 Sho Katsumi
Phil Taylor 6-2 Masumi Chino
James Wade 6-2 Morihiro Hashimoto
Gary Anderson 6-2 Yuki Yamada
Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Chikara Fujimori
Peter Wright 6-1 Haruki Muramatsu

Sunday June 28Michael van Gerwen 8-5 Stephen Bunting
Peter Wright 8-4 Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor 8-3 Raymond van Barneveld
James Wade 1-8 Gary Anderson

Semi-Finals
Peter Wright 8-7 Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor 8-7 Gary Anderson

Final
Peter Wright 7-8 Phil Taylor

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The World Matchplay, also known as the BetVictor World Matchplay for sponsorship purposes, is a professional darts tournament. It is played in a legs format, and is run by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Phil Taylor is the reigning champion.

The World Matchplay has been played annually since 1994 in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The first ever winner was Larry Butler, who beat Dennis Priestley 16-12, and the current holder is Phil Taylor. It is regarded as the second biggest PDC Tournament, status shown by the fact the whole tournament was sold out within three days of the tickets being on sale.

The 1995 World Matchplay turned out to be Jocky Wilson's last appearance in a major televised event. Wilson had reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural tournament in 1994 and he beat Rod Harrington in the 1st round in 1995, but a 2nd round defeat against Nigel Justice was effectively the end of his career.

From 1994 to 2012, matches at the World Matchplay had to won by two clear legs. For example the first round was usually played over the first to 10 legs, but if the score reached 9-9, play continued until either player gained a two leg lead. Starting with the 2013 World Matchplay, if a two leg lead hadn't been established after six extra legs, then a sudden death leg is played, so sudden death would come into play in a first round match at 12-12.

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