Taylor wins again in Telford

Taylor: Triumphant twice in a weekend at Telford

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Phil Taylor maintained his winning run with victory over Brendan Dolan in the Blue Square UK Open Regional Final in Telford.

The Power triumphed 8-0 to claim his fifth successive PDC Pro Tour victory and pick up his sixth tournament int he month of March

He won the North-West Regional Final in Wigan a fortnight ago before completing a Players Championship double in Germany last weekend.

Taylor picked up his second title in as many days in Telford this weekend after taking the Midlands Players Championship victory on Saturday.

He had defeated world number one Raymond van Barneveld 7-4 in the semi-finals, and overcame Chris Mason in the quarters after earlier wins against Alan Tabern, Barrie Bates, John Ferrell and Dave Smith.

Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan proved no match in the final, a 102 checkout in the opening leg setting the tone.

Taylor quickly opened up a 3-0 lead and a 13-darter followed up by two double 16 finishes put him six legs clear in a hurry.

Dedication

"I'm over the moon," said Taylor. "I've been practising hard, been dedicated and it's paying off for me now.

"Getting to the last 16 of these tournaments is an achievement in itself so to win five in a row is incredible for me.

"Brendan kept going at me in the final, no matter what the score was, and that made it a tough final and it's always great for me to beat Barney!

"The winning is the most important thing for me at the moment. Getting back playing this month has been key to find out if I'm doing the right things in practice and I guess I must be."

It was Dolan's first PDC Pro Tour final. He had seen off Colin Lloyd 6-3 in the last eight after earlier beating Dutch duo Roland Scholten and Vincent van der Voort.

Quarter-Finals:

Phil Taylor 6-1 Chris Mason

Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Colin Monk

Brendan Dolan 6-3 Colin Lloyd

Colin Osborne 6-1 Simon Whatley

Semi-Finals:

Phil Taylor 7-4 Raymond van Barneveld

Brendan Dolan 7-5 Colin Osborne

Final:

Phil Taylor 8-0 Brendan Dolan