THE Sydney Darts Masters saw 16 players competing across three days at Luna Park in Sydney.
The World Series of Darts event featured eight top PDC players taking on a series of eight qualifiers from Australia and New Zealand in the first round.
The tournament then proceeded in a bracket format for the quarter-finals on Friday and the semi-finals and final on Saturday.
The sold-out event took place from Thursday August 29-Sunday August 31 in the Big Top at Luna Park, and was televised live on FOX SPORTS.
Worldwide coverage was televised through Sky New Zealand, Fox Asia, OSN across the Middle East, on the Eurosport Network in the UK, Ireland, across mainland Europe and in Scandinavia, and online through www.LIVEPDC.TV (worldwide outside Australia).
Sydney Darts Masters Draw Bracket
Phil Taylor (1, England) v Kyle Anderson (Australia)
Paul Nicholson (8, Australia) v Warren Parry (New Zealand)
Simon Whitlock (4, Australia) v Jamie Mathers (Australia)
Andy Hamilton (5, England) v Beau Anderson (Australia)
Michael van Gerwen (2, Netherlands) v Gordon Mathers (Australia)
Raymond van Barneveld (7, Netherlands) v Clinton Bridge (Australia)
Adrian Lewis (3, England) v Monty Tuhua (New Zealand)
Wes Newton (6, England) v David Platt (Australia)
Event Format
Thursday August 29 (8pm)
8x First Round Games
Order of Play:
Paul Nicholson 6-4 Warren Parry
Raymond van Barneveld 5-6 Clinton Bridge
Wes Newton 6-3 David Platt
Andy Hamilton 6-4 Beau Anderson
Simon Whitlock 6-0 Jamie Mathers
Adrian Lewis 6-1 Monty Tuhua
Michael van Gerwen 6-0 Gordon Mathers
Phil Taylor 6-1 Kyle Anderson
Best of 11 legs
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Friday August 30 (8pm)
Quarter-Finals
Adrian Lewis 8-5 Wes Newton
Michael van Gerwen 8-1 Clinton Bridge
Phil Taylor 8-2 Paul Nicholson
Simon Whitlock 8-1 Andy Hamilton
Best of 15 legs
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Saturday August 31 (8pm)
Semi-Finals
Phil Taylor 10-6 Simon Whitlock
Michael van Gerwen 10-7 Adrian Lewis
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Final
Phil Taylor 10-3 Michael van Gerwen
The Semi-Finals & Final are the best of 19 legs
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The Qualifiers are:
Kyle Anderson (Australia) - 2013 DPA Australian Grand Prix Order of Merit winner
Gordon Mathers (Australia) - 2013 DPA Australian Grand Prix Order of Merit runner-up
Clinton Bridge (Australia) - 2013 DPA Australian Grand Prix Order of Merit third place
Warren Parry (New Zealand) - DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier
Beau Anderson (Australia) - Winner of DPA Qualifier 1
Monty Tuhua (New Zealand) - Winner of DPA Qualifier 2
David Platt (Australia) - Winner of DPA Qualifier 3
Jamie Mathers (Australia) - Leading non-qualified player from DPA Oceanic Masters, won a Play-Off against Dave Muller 6-4