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The Unibet Melbourne Darts Masters is the second event of the PDC's August treble-header of World Series of Darts events.

Played across three days at the Hisense Arena, the event sees eight PDC Representatives line up against eight Oceanic Representatives.

Unibet Melbourne Darts Masters
Draw Bracket

Gary Anderson (1) v Justin Thompson
Daryl Gurney v Dave Marland
Peter Wright (4) v Rhys Mathewson
Michael Smith v David Platt
Raymond van Barneveld (2) v Corey Cadby
Phil Taylor v Cody Harris
James Wade (3) v Koha Kokiri
Simon Whitlock v Kyle Anderson

Schedule of Play
Friday August 18 (7pm local time)

First Round
Daryl Gurney 6-0 Dave Marland
Peter Wright 6-2 Rhys Mathewson
James Wade 6-3 Koha Kokiri
Michael Smith 6-3 David Platt
Phil Taylor 6-3 Cody Harris
Corey Cadby 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld 
Gary Anderson 6-2 Justin Thompson
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Kyle Anderson
Best of 11 legs

Saturday August 19 (7pm local time)
Quarter-Finals
Peter Wright 10-9 Michael Smith
Simon Whitlock 10-9 James Wade 
Phil Taylor 10-9 Corey Cadby 
Daryl Gurney 10-8 Gary Anderson
Best of 19 legs

Sunday August 20 (7pm local time)
Semi-Finals
Peter Wright 11-4 Daryl Gurney 
Phil Taylor 11-4 Simon Whitlock

Final
Phil Taylor 11-8 Peter Wright 
Best of 21 legs

Unibet Melbourne Darts Masters
PDC Representatives
Gary Anderson
Peter Wright
James Wade
Phil Taylor
Raymond van Barneveld
Michael Smith
Simon Whitlock
Daryl Gurney

Oceanic Representatives
Invited Player: Kyle Anderson
Top three players from DPA World Series Order of Merit: Corey Cadby, Rhys Mathewson & Justin Thompson
DPNZ Qualifier: Cody Harris
DPA Qualifiers: David Platt, Dave Marland, Koha Kokiri

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PHIL TAYLOR claimed an eighth World Series of Darts title, and a seventh in Australia as he overcame Peter Wright 11-8 in the final of the inaugural Unibet Melbourne Darts Masters.

Taylor, who has only ever been beaten once in Australia began the final in nervy fashion, missing three darts in the opening leg to break the Wright throw.

The pair traded holds of throw until the sixth leg of the match, where Taylor missed double 19 for a 158 checkout before Wright took out 81, finishing seven, double 17 and then double 20 for a break.

The next three legs saw Wright miss a total of twelve darts at doubles, allowing Taylor to gain control of the match.

Wright then produced another ‘double-double’ finish in the 11th leg to close the gap to one, as once again he took out 81, this time going nine, double 18, double 18.

’Snakebite’ was unable to capitalise though as Taylor then broke again to open up a three leg advantage, with the score at 8-5.

With Taylor looking set to seal the title, Wright then produced a fightback of his own, winning the next three legs to level the score at 8-8.

Once again though, the Scot could not regain the lead as Taylor broke the throw to move in to a 9-8 advantage.

A 112 finish and then another break of throw sealed the win for the 16-time World Champion who spoke of his delight after the final.

“I love it over here in Australia, the crowd are brilliant and I’m loving every minute of it,

“I’ve not got many tournaments left in me so I want to win as many as I can before I call it a day,” said Taylor.

“I’m so proud to see the sport growing in this part of the world, I’ve been lucky enough to see it all over the years, but we never believed it would get this big,

“Barry Hearn has done such a brilliant job and here’s to many more years of this sport getting bigger and bigger,” added the 57-year-old.

Earlier in the night ‘The Power’ had overcome his second Australian opponent in as many nights as he defeated Simon Whitlock 11-4 to reach the decider in Melbourne.

Taylor produced a run that saw him win nine of the last 11 legs to seal the victory including an superb 144 finish to seal the victory.

An average of 93.97 and an impressive 57.89% success rate on his double attempts was more than enough for the Englishman to overcome and out of sorts Whitlock.

Wright booked his place in the final of the Unibet Melbourne Darts Masters with an 11-4 win over Daryl Gurney at the Hisense Arena.

The Scot took full control of the encounter during the first five legs, taking a commanding 4-1 lead, including a 101 checkout.

Despite hitting no 180’s during the match, Wright still managed to average 95.27, mainly thanks to some solid finishing. Wright pinned 55% of his attempts at doubles as he sealed a spot in the decider.

It was a fourth World Series final for the Scot, who despite not being able to get over the line on this occasion is vey confident ahead of the next event in Perth.

“I’ve got to learn from these defeats, I will come back stronger and next week in Perth that title is for me,” said Wright.

The sixth World Series of Darts event of 2017 takes place on August 25-27 at the HBF Stadium in Perth, as eight of the world’s best players take on eight qualifiers at the Perth Darts Masters.

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