Van Barneveld's victory moved him to the top of the table briefly tonight
Phil Taylor continued his march towards the Premier League
play-offs by avenging his opening night defeat to Michael Van Gerwen with a 7-4
victory on week 11 in Aberdeen.
Van Gerwen had beaten the 16-time World champion 7-0 in week
one, but the Dutchman had his throw broken four times as Taylor recorded his
sixth win of the season.
Raymond Van Barneveld had moved to the top of the table with
a 7-1 win over Robert Thornton, back up his two wins from last week, but defending
champion Van Gerwen returned for the final match of the night and regained top
spot.
Van Gerwen beat Adrian Lewis 7-4 in a strange match that saw
both players show-boating, but defeat left the man from Stoke with only a slim
chance of making the semi-finals.
Lewis had also lost his opening fixture of the evening
against home favourite Gary Anderson, and is now without a win in his last six
matches.
Anderson raced 6-0 in front, but his doubling deserted him allowing
Lewis to pull it back to 6-4, before a slack 11th leg from the double
World champion let him close it out 7-4.
Dave Chisnall inflicted a third successive defeat on early
pace setter Peter Wright, with a 7-4 win that moves him to ten points and
maintains his own hopes of a play-off spot.
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