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James made a dramatic start to the opening night in the Betway Premier League. Trailing world number one Michael Van Gerwen by three legs to nil, James then won the next four legs to shell shock Van Gerwen. James continued to heap pressure on the world number one by taking out 121, with Michael sat on tops. James had all parts of his games in tandem, as he out scored the Dutchman by 5 to 3 in the 180s. James was back to his brilliant best on his doubles hitting 7/13 giving him 53.85%.
Talking after James said it was like 2 bonus points by beating Michael. As now the rest of the pack may have to beat the world number one, if they are to avoid relegation. James would like to thank all his fans for their kind words of support , and to all his sponsors for their continued support.
Match Stats
Average – 97.43
100 – 15
140 – 7
180 – 5
Doubles 7/13 53.85%
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James moved into the last 16 of the World Championships, with a straight set victory over Wez Newton. The seven times major winner was averaging well over 100 for the first two and half sets. The last set and a bit Wez came back into to the game but the Machine still had too much. James only dropped three legs in the match. James finished with a 93 average hitting 5 180s, and finished with 12/23 52.17% on his doubles. James will now play Jamie Caven in the last 16 of the World Championship. more
James booked his place in the quarter-final of the World Championships, with a 4 sets to victory over Jamie Caven. James raced into a two sets lead with some big 140 hitting. Caven pulled a set back at the break. James took control of the game with a brilliant 141 finish on double 12. The final set went the distances, with James holding throw to seal the match and book a quarter-final with either Gary Anderson or Vincent van der Voort.
James booked his place in the quarter-final of the World Championships, with a 4 sets to victory over Jamie Caven. James raced into a two sets lead with some big 140 hitting. Caven pulled a set back at the break. James took control of the game with a brilliant 141 finish on double 12. The final set went the distances, with James holding throw to seal the match and book a quarter-final with either Gary Anderson or Vincent van der Voort.
James finished with a 93.89 average hitting 3 x 180s and 24 x 140s, a checkout percentage of 40.63 hitting 13/32 on the outer ring.
After James refused to blame his cold for patchy performance, but was pleased to be in the next round. James would like to thank his sponsors for their continued support, and of course the army of #TeamWade fans out there. You can follow james on Twitter here @JamesWade180.
James moved into the last 16 of the World Championships, with a straight set victory over Wez Newton. The seven times major winner was averaging well over 100 for the first two and half sets. The last set and a bit Wez came back into to the game but the Machine still had too much. James only dropped three legs in the match. James finished with a 93 average hitting 5 180s, and finished with 12/23 52.17% on his doubles. James will now play Jamie Caven in the last 16 of the World Championship.
After James said “ Happy with the first two and half sets, but will need to tighten up on the last bit as Jamie will punish me if i do that again.” James would like to thank all his fans for their overwhelming support on social media, and to his sponsors for their continued support. You can follow James on Twitter here @JamesWade180 #TeamWade
James sailed into the second round of the World Championships, with a 3-0 victory over John Michael. James had to wait till after the prelim round, to see who he was going play in the first round. James broke Michael in the first set to take the darts, and win the set 3-2. The second set was straight forward on his own throw sealing the set 3-1. A few missed darts at tops stopped the machine sealing a 3-0 legs victory in the final set, but made do with 3-1 and a 3-0 sets victory. James finished with a 95.77 average hitting ten 140’s and three 180’s, after missing a few darts at doubles the Machine still finished up with 405m on his checkouts.
When talking after James said “ I’ve worked harder than i never have in the build up to the World Championships, I’m ready this year.” “ I’m not going to sit here and say that i will win it but i certainly can win it.” James would also like to thank everyone for their kind words in the build up to this evening games, and thank his sponsors from their continued support.
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James has topped Group F with maximum points winning all three games. Booking his place in the knockout stages. In this first group game James made light work of Michel van der Horst winning 5-2. In his second game James produced one of the performances of the Grand Slam so far. James beat Mark Webster 5-2 with a stunning 105.83 average, finishing the match with an eleven dart leg. James finished last night playing Keegan Brown and again topped the 100 average. James sent the youngster home winning 5-2 averaging 103.68. The Machine’s finishing was back to his brilliant best, hitting 5 from 11 giving 45% checkout stats.
It’s a day of rest of James on Tuesday. The 8 times major winning will be back in action on Wednesday night where he will play Raymond Van Barneveld for a place in the quarterfinals. James would like to thank all his sponsors : Unicorn Darts, MAN Truck & Bus UK, Eze Group and SBAT for their continued support. Also James would like to say a special mention to the fans who have been just brilliant. You can follow James on Twitter @JamesWade180
Till Wednesday #TeamWade
James is off and running in this years Unibet European Championship. He beat Unicorn stable mate Terry Jenkins 6-3. James was yet again superb on his double doubles, hitting 6 out 10. After James said ” I’m happy with the win but will need to play better tomorrow.”
James also thank all the fans for their kind words on Twitter in the build up to match. You can follow James on twitter here @JamesWade180 James will be back in action tomorrow. Like alway #TeamWade
James gets his World Grand Prix underway tonight. James plays Mensur Sulijovic at round 20:30. James is looking forward to this evenings match and is hoping to go one better than last last year when he was runner up to Michael Van Gerwen.
You can find James on the SBAT bet of the day for tonight.
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James ended Phil Taylor’s 8 year unbeaten run at the Winter Gardens by dumping out the defending champion to book his place in the World Matchplay final. Taylor started the better of the two and broke james throw to win the first session 3-2, James came back after the break and broke the Taylor throw to get back on track and win the second session 3-2. Taylor then broke James throw again to lead the machine 7-5 before james hit a purple patch and won 5 legs on the spin to shock the power, the pair then traded legs before the machine produced a superb 12 dart leg to break Taylor again to lead 13-10. From there James found his best darts and found himself in a 16-12 lead, needed one more leg James missed 8 match darts and let the power off the hook but started the next leg on his own 140 174 to close out the match and book his place in tomorrow’s final where he will play either Michael Van Gerwen or Peter Wright.
James averaged 97.85 but it was his doubling that stood out tonight taking out big shots at key times to hurt Taylor. After James thanked the Winter Gardens for their amazing support and for everyone kind on social media, you can follow James on Twitter here @JamesWade180 and we will see you all tomorrow …..#TeamWade
