TERRY JENKINS called on his reserves to defeat James Wade 5-3 and qualify for the knockout stages of the 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts.The man from Ledbury was 3-1 down to the UK Open and looked like going out of the competition.
But the world number 10 put together a run of four successive legs to win the match and claim top place in Group D and knock out Justin Pipe in the process.
"Things have gone my way tonight especially with Dave beating Justin in that tight game earlier," admitted Jenkins.
"That gave me the chance to concentrate on just trying to beat James and not think about scorelines which definitely helped."
Jenkins managed to hold throw by hitting double top at the first of asking to win the first leg before Wade replied by landing double 10 after Jenkins missed a dart at double 16 for a 2-0 lead.
Wade won the third against the darts with a two-dart 68 finish and then won the fourth on double five with his last dart after Jenkins missed a dart at bullseye for a 161 checkout.
Jenkins stopped Wade's run of winning legs by hitting double top at the first attempt to take the fifth and then repeated the trick to win the next and level at three apiece.
The seventh leg saw Wade miss double 10 for a 128 checkout and Jenkins hit tops for the third leg on the spin to regain the lead at a vital time.
Both players hit maximums in the eighth leg before Wade missed a dart at bullseye and Jenkins stepped up to hit a 100 finish courtesy of two double tops to seal the match in amazing fashion.
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