Darts Results Day 3 18/07/2011

Phil Taylor was given a scare by Mark Hylton but survived to claim a 10-8 win in their first round clash at the Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay in Blackpool.

The 11-time champion looked to be cruising to victory when he opened up an 8-4 advantage, but Hylton fought back to within one leg before finally succumbing.
'The Power' had also been put under pressure after a sluggish start but recovered by winning seven legs out of eight before suffering through some more nervy moments at the end.
"He is one of the best comeback players I've ever played against I think, he just didn't seem to drop his head," Taylor told Sky Sports.
Taylor also did not shy away from stirring up his rivalry with Paul Nicholson, who took aim at the Stoke thrower in his own post-match interview following his first round win on Sunday.
"I've heard about it (the interview), I've heard some terrible messages from people," he said.

Silly boy

"Paul is a silly boy sometimes, because he is not only going to be not very liked on the stage - as soon as he starts getting on the outside, watch out, his life is going to be hell."

"He is one of the best comeback players I've ever played against I think."

He added: "The only reason why he is doing it is to try and get a name for himself."
Hylton took the first leg before Taylor levelled the contest after his opponent narrowly missed a 102 finish, but the 45-year-old was not overawed and continued to throw with confidence as he opened up a 3-1 lead.
The 15-time world champion quickly got the contest back on throw, however, and then went on to take three more legs in a row as his averaged climbed past the 100 mark.
Hylton stopped the losing streak by taking out 66 to cut the gap at 5-4 before Taylor took out 115 to restore the two-leg advantage.
Taylor then won the 11th leg against the throw before holding his own after hitting double 18 to make it 8-4 and seemingly kill the contest off.

Pride

Hylton appeared to be merely salvaging some pride by winning the 13th and 15th legs, with a 112 finish from Taylor that brought him to within on leg of victory sandwiched in between.

But he then broke Taylor's throw to make it 9-7 before taking out 119 to reduce the deficit to one leg, only to see Taylor save his throw and the match by taking out 68 in the next leg.
Taylor will face Wayne Jones in the second round after he defeated Scott Rand 10-6 in the first match of the night on Monday to book his place in the last 16.
Monday also saw possibly the biggest shock of the event so far as Mervyn King was sent crashing out in the first round after a 10-6 loss to World Matchplay debutant Justin Pipe.
In a contest that was closely-fought for the majority, Pipe edged into an 8-6 lead with the finish line in sight before holding his throw to open up a three-leg lead and move to the brink of victory.
He narrowly missed a Shanghai finish to complete the win but hit double 10 at the first attempt to dump the world number nine out of the tournament.
Pipe will face Wes Newton in the last 16 after the UK Open finalist crushed Andy Smith 10-2 to claim his first ever win in the competition.
Smith was staring down the barrel of a whitewash at 6-0 down but took out 126 to put a leg on the board, although he never came close to mounting a comeback.