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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.
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.
Thank You all for your continued support #TeamWade
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
James was back to his very best best this weekend when he won his second Pro Tour of 2015 at Wigan this weekend, the machine looked in great touch when he only dropped 1 leg in the opening 2 games when he beat Steve Douglas and Dirk Van Duijvenbode. He then went on to beat Dave Ladley 6-5 in the board final, the left hander then beat Vincent van der Voort 6-3 in the last 16 to set up a quarter final clash with Ian White. James won this 6-4 and would now meet the World Youth Champion Keegan Brown in the semi finals, James made light work of the youngster winning 6-1 in quick time to set up a final with the Belgian ace Kim Huybrechts, James found himself 5-3 behind but the king of comebacks did it again by winning the last 3 legs to win Pro Tour 13.
James is heading to the World Matchplay in Blackpool in great form and full of confidence as he will be looking to add this title to his PDC majors list , James would like to thank all the fans for their kind words on social media. #TeamWade
James narrowly lost to world champion Gary Anderson 10-8 in The Duty Free Dubai Masters, in a close game where nothing between the players it came down to two world class finishes from the world champion with a 170 and a 147 with James sat on a double to take the match
James had a 100.8 average
180 x 4
140 x12
8/18 44.44 % on the doubles
Like normal after James would like to thank his fans from all round the world there support and of course his sponsors as now he sets his sights on the world match play in Blackpool
Remember you can follow James on Twitter @JamesWade180 #TeamWade
It was double heartbreak for James in Sheffield this week as he lost both games.
James was first on where he faced Adrian Lewis, James started slowly and Jackpot won the first 3 legs on the spin, the Machine raced backed into the match and the pair were then tied at 4-4. With Lewis 6-4 up James narrowly missed the bull for what would have been a stunning 161 checkout but Lewis won the match 7-4
Match Stats
| Adrian Lewis | 7-4 | James Wade |
| 12 | 100+ | 20 |
| 7 | 140+ | 10 |
| 0 | 170+ | 0 |
| 5 | 180 | 0 |
| 96.77 | Average | 97.02 |
| 110 | High Finish | 106 |
| 3 | Breaks of Throw | 2 |
| 7/20 – 35% | Checkout % | 4/10 – 40% |
James then took on an in form Dave Chisnall who had already beaten world champion Gary Anderson earlier in the night.
Again Chizzy was in amazing form and James ran into him with a 114 average. Although James wasn’t at his best Chizzy was brilliant and ran out 7-1 winner.
Match Stats
| Dave Chisnall | 7-1 | James Wade |
| 11 | 100+ | 7 |
| 5 | 140+ | 6 |
| 0 | 170+ | 0 |
| 5 | 180 | 0 |
| 114.17 | Average | 87.12 |
| 87 | High Finish | 62 |
| 3 | Breaks of Throw | 0 |
| 7/12 – 58% | Checkout % | 1/2 – 50% |
James sits just out of the top 4 as we head to week 11
LEAGUE TABLE
| After Week Ten | P | W | D | L | Legs +/- | Pts |
| Michael van Gerwen | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +28 | 18 |
| Dave Chisnall | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | +27 | 17 |
| Gary Anderson | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | +10 | 13 |
| Phil Taylor | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| James Wade | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| Adrian Lewis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 9 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| Stephen Bunting | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 7 |
| Peter Wright (E) | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -17 | 6 |
| Kim Huybrechts (E) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -17 | 4 |
After James thanked the fans for their support and sticking by him, after he said congratulated Adrian and Dave and said sorry to the fans “ I’m sorry guys I’m not well I’m mentally exhausted and just not right” but promised to be back next week. #TeamWade
James lost out to world number one Michael Van Gerwen on Judgment Night in Manchester, Michael raced into a 3-0 lead James got his first leg on the board before the pair traded legs. James then took out 132 on the bull to break the Van Gerwen throw but the world number one broke straight back both players then held throw before Van Gerwen took the match 7-4.
James remains in the playoff places as he heads off to Germany this weekend. After he thank his sponsors for their continued support and the fans as always were fantastic again tonight #TeamWade
Match Stats
| Michael van Gerwen | 7-4 | James Wade |
| 16 | 100+ | 13 |
| 6 | 140+ | 10 |
| 0 | 170+ | 1 |
| 3 | 180 | 1 |
| 100.97 | Average | 100.64 |
| 65 | High Finish | 132 |
| 2 | Breaks of Throw | 1 |
| 7/11 – 64% | Checkout % | 4/8 – 50% |
LEAGUE TABLE
| After Week Nine | P | W | D | L | Legs +/- | Pts |
| Michael van Gerwen | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | +26 | 16 |
| Dave Chisnall | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | +17 | 13 |
| Gary Anderson | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | +14 | 13 |
| James Wade | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| Phil Taylor | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
| Stephen Bunting | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| Adrian Lewis | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -11 | 7 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -13 | 6 |
| Peter Wright (E) | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -17 | 6 |
| Kim Huybrechts (E) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -17 | 4 |
