Taylor: Destructive weekend

Players Championship - Saturday

Quarter-finals:
P Taylor bt J MaGowan bt 3-0
A Hamilton bt C Lloyd bt 3-0
J Wade bt C Osborne 3-1
T Eccles bt K Painter 3-0
Semi-finals:
P Taylor bt A Hamilton 3-1
J Wade bt T Eccles 3-1
Final:
P Taylor bt J Wade 3-1

Players Championship - Sunday

Quarter-finals:
P Taylor bt R Baxter 3-0
R Thornton bt M King 3-0
W Jones bt J Wade 3-1
T Jenkins bt K Painter 3-1
Semi-finals:
P Taylor bt R Thornton 3-1
T Jenkins bt W Jones 3-1
Final:
P Taylor bt T Jenkins 3-0

Also see

• Order of Merit
• On Sky TV
• Darts Schedule/Results

Phil Taylor powered to back-to-back wins at the Players Championship in Koningshof - defeating James Wade in Saturday's final and Terry Jenkins on Sunday.

'The Power' was in destructive form over the course of the weekend as he brushed aside Wade 3-1 in his first final before crushing Jenkins 3-0 the following day.

Taylor dropped just three sets on Sunday in a superb day's play, being taken to a decider by Holland's Co Stompe in the last 16, and winning 3-1 against Robert Thornton in the semi-final.

Taylor had claimed straight-sets wins against leading Austrian Mensur Suljovic, Wayne Atwood, Kevin McDine and Ronnie Baxter before seeing off 'The Bull' in the decider.

He began the final with a 180 and immediately broke the throw with a 14-darter, before taking advantage of four missed doubles to win the second leg and the opening set without reply.

Early scare

Legs of 13 and 14 darts saw him clinch set two with ease before a 77 finish put Jenkins ahead in the third.

However, a third-dart double-four finish saw Taylor level, despite a maximum from Jenkins, before Taylor landed scores of 177, 121 and 130 before sealing the victory on double top in 12 darts.

The win was Taylor's 12th PDC Pro Tour win of 2008 alone, and saw him claim the maximum £10,000 prize money over the weekend in Eindhoven.

In Saturday's event, Taylor survived an early scare to come from behind to defeat World Matchplay quarter-final opponent Kevin McDine in the last 32 - and he never looked back.

Making his first competitive appearance since winning the World Matchplay five-weeks ago, he failed to drop a leg in a scintillating destruction of Chris Mason and then defeated John MaGowan and Stoke rival Andy Hamilton to reach the final.