REPORTS from the semi-finals of the Holsten Premier League - with Roland Scholten and Phil Taylor gaining 11-3 wins over Raymond van Barneveld and Colin Lloyd.

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Holsten Premier League Darts
Semi-Finals
Raymond van Barneveld 3-11 Roland Scholten
Phil Taylor 11-3 Colin Lloyd
Best of 21 Legs

ROLAND SCHOLTEN 11-3 RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD

ROLAND SCHOLTEN produced one of the performances of his career to defeat Raymond van Barneveld 11-3 and put himself into the final of the Holsten Premier League Darts.

The former UK Open champion had been defeated twice by van Barneveld in the league phase - 8-3 on both occasions.

But he performed magnificently to overcome his fellow Dutchman, who was as short as 16/1 on to win the contest with some bookmakers.

The game started in bizarre fashion, with van Barneveld hitting a maximum in the opening leg but missing his doubles to allow Scholten to sneak into the lead.

However, the pair then left the stage to allow an air fan above the oche to be turned off.

It was Scholten who returned like a whirlwind - winning the next four legs without reply to open up a stunning 5-0 lead, including finishes of 124 and 141.

Van Barneveld hit back to win the next two legs, but three successive legs for Scholten - including two more ton-plus checkouts - put him six legs clear at 8-2.

Brilliant legs of 12 and 11 darts held off a fightback from van Barneveld and put Scholten to within one leg of the match.

Having allowed an 11-7 lead to slip against Phil Taylor in last year's semi-finals, seeing van Barneveld win the 13th leg with a clinical 68 finish could have set the demons running in Scholten's head.

But he began the next leg with a 180, and stepped in to win the leg with double eight to wrap up a famous win - with an average of 104.13 the icing on the cake for the Dutchman.

"Raymond is a great player but he wasn't on top form and I had to take the chance," said Scholten.

"I felt good about the 141 finish and knew when the 140 went in that I was in the zone."

Van Barneveld admitted: "I prepared well but Roland was unbelievable.

"He was on top form but it was a disaster for me."

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PHIL TAYLOR romped into the final of the Holsten Premier League Darts with an 11-3 win over Colin Lloyd at the Plymouth Pavilions.

Lloyd was looking to follow the example of Roland Scholten in upsetting the odds, after the Dutchman's shock win over Raymond van Barneveld earlier in the evening.

But it was a familiar story for Lloyd, who remains without a win against Taylor in two years of the Premier League.

The defending champion opened in blistering form, moving 5-0 up before Lloyd could get off the mark - producing an 11-darter in the sixth leg.

Taylor won the next three legs without reply, landing maximums in two to put himself 8-1 up.

Lloyd needed to produce further legs of 13 and 11 darts to stay in the game at 9-3, but a 180 in the next could not prevent Taylor stepping in to win the leg with double 12 after his opponent could not nail double top.

And a brilliant 111 checkout ensured Taylor claimed a comfortable win to set up a final against Scholten.

"I've got the utmost respect for Phil and he was fantastic," said Lloyd. "You know you've got to play your best darts when you come up here against him or you'll get punished, and I got punished.

"I was too inconsistent but today's a blip for me - I'll be back, my confidence is returning."

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