Players Championship Finals Semi-Finals

REPORTS from the semi-finals of the Players Championship Finals on Sunday evening.

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Schedule of Play
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Semi-Finals
Gary Anderson 10-7 Steve Farmer
Mervyn King 8-10 Phil Taylor
Best of 19 legs

Final
Phil Taylor v Gary Anderson
Best of 25 legs

GARY ANDERSON 10-7 STEVE FARMER
GARY ANDERSON won through to a second successive major final with a 10-7 defeat of Steve Farmer, who hit back from 4-0 down to threaten a huge upset in their Players Championship Finals semi-final.

Anderson, the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship runner-up a month ago, looked on course to coast into the final when he dominated the early stages.

But Farmer, appearing in his first major semi-final since joining the PDC a year ago, hit back to level at six-all - only for the Scot to win four of the final five legs to progress.

Anderson made a clinical start, hitting double top to win the opening four legs and landing two maximums in the process.

He also took out 128 for a 12-darter in the sixth leg, but that came amidst a brilliant response from Telford's Farmer, who took out finishes of 106, 80, 126 and double top in cutting the gap to 5-4.

Anderson landed tops to win the tenth leg, but Farmer followed up a double nine checkout with a 148 finish in levelling.

Anderson regained the advantage in the 13th, hitting a 171 score to set up a double 16 finish, and he hit the same bed for an 8-6 lead before Farmer hit back with a 180 and double eight.

Both players hit maximums in the next as Farmer looked to level, but Anderson converted a 72 finish in two darts to take a crucial 9-7 advantage and then completed a remarkable win on tops.

Match Stats

Gary Anderson	10-7	Steve Farmer
19	100+	25
10	140+	9
3	180	3
31.31	Ave1	29.05
93.92	Ave3	87.14
128	High Finish	148,126,106
4	Legs Against Throw	2

PHIL TAYLOR 10-8 MERVYN KING
PHIL TAYLOR produced an incredible comeback from 5-0 down to win his semi-final with Mervyn King at the Players Championship Finals 10-8 and remain on course for a second victory in the tournament.

Taylor found himself in huge trouble when King, despite suffering from a migraine, made a brilliant start to lead 5-0 and 6-1.

But Taylor, aided by a change of barrel from a new set of darts to the set he used during his quarter-final victory over Wes Newton, stormed back and hit five 180s in winning six of the final seven legs to claim victory.

Taylor was all at sea in the early legs, with King checking out legs of 14 and 12 darts against the throw in moving 3-0 up, while double four in the fourth pushed him further clear.

Taylor had his first dart at a double in the fifth, but was off-target on double six and King hit the same bed for a 5-0 cushion.

The pair both hit 180s in the sixth, which Taylor won in 11 darts to get off the mark.

King replied in 12 darts with a 180 and an 81 finish to lead 6-1, but paid for a miss in the next leg as Taylor hit double eight to capitalise.

He also took out 81, double eight and double ten to win the next three in reducing the gap to 6-5 before King finished 100 for a 7-5 lead.

Taylor then returned from the break having reverted back to the barrels with which he had seen off Wes Newton 9-3 earlier in the day, and hit a 180 with his first three darts.

He won the 13th leg in 11 darts and also took the next in 12, while he hit two more 180s in the next two legs plus finishes of 111 and 95 to incredibly take a 9-7 lead.

King kept the match alive when Taylor missed two darts at double 16 for victory in the next, following a 180 of his own with double six.

However, the world number one landed a fifth maximum in six legs during the next to lead 135, which he coolly finished on the bullseye to complete a remarkable fightback.

Match Stats