Gary Anderson's World Series challenge ended by Terry Jenkins

World champion Gary Anderson was stunned by Terry Jenkins' fightback at the World Series of Darts Finals in Glasgow as he crashed out at the Braehead Arena on Saturday.

Anderson was bidding to take the £30,000 title in the 24-player tournament and delight his home support in Scotland, and began in style by racing into a 3-0 lead against Jenkins.

However, the nine-time major finalist hit 180s in four straight legs as he edged ahead and took out 121 on the bull for a 5-4 lead.

Anderson finished from 100 to force a deciding leg, but wasted three match darts as Jenkins escaped from four misses of his own to land double five for the win, silencing the home support.

Jenkins had also defeated Northumberland's Chris Dobey 6-5 earlier in the day, surviving three missed match darts.

"It was tough because you're playing against Gary and the crowd, but he's the local bloke and he deserved the support," said Jenkins.

"It's hard and going 3-0 down didn't help me, but I knew if I could start scoring a bit better than it would make Gary try harder and that's how it proved.

"I put four good legs together and he started struggling, but it was a massive relief to see the winning double go in."

Jenkins will now play Adrian Lewis, who defeated world youth champion Keegan Brown 6-2.

Brown had hit four ton-plus checkouts in his first round win over Ian White and also took out 132 and 85 on the bull, but was no match for Lewis as the Stoke ace progressed.

World No 1 Michael van Gerwen began with a 6-1 defeat of Scotland's Robert Thornton, the Ayrshire ace who overcame Devon Petersen in round one.

Thornton, though, never recovered from seeing Van Gerwen, aided by two 180s and a 177 score, race into a 3-0 lead as the Dutchman sealed victory with a 101 average.

"I'm very happy with this win," said Van Gerwen. "I knew what to expect playing Robert in Scotland and it was a good match.

"This has set up for the tournament and I can't wait for Sunday now. Raymond's always a tough opponent and after playing him so many times on the World Series this year it's fitting that we're playing again tomorrow."

Van Gerwen's quarter-final opponent will be Dutch rival Raymond van Barneveld, who defied a 164 finish from Mark Webster to claim a 6-2 win from their second-round game.

Phil Taylor, the top seed following three World Series tournament wins in Japan, Perth and Sydney this year, began his challenge to claim the title by sweeping aside Dave Chisnall 6-1.

Chisnall had been in superb form to defeat Kyle Anderson in Saturday afternoon's first round, but never pressured Taylor as the 16-time world champion cruised through to the last eight.

Stephen Bunting defied a bout of illness as he came from 4-2 down to defeat Austria's Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-4 and set up a quarter-final against Taylor.

First round results:

Simon Whitlock 4-6 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Benito van de Pas 4-6 Jamie Lewis

Max Hopp 6-3 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Michael Smith 4-6 Mark Webster

Keegan Brown 6-4 Ian White

Kyle Anderson 4-6 Dave Chisnall

Devon Petersen 3-6 Robert Thornton

Terry Jenkins 6-5 Chris Dobey

Second round:

Stephen Bunting 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez

James Wade 6-0 Jamie Lewis

Peter Wright 6-3 Max Hopp

Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Mark Webster

Adrian Lewis 6-2 Keegan Brown

Phil Taylor 6-1 Dave Chisnall

Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Robert Thornton

Gary Anderson 5-6 Terry Jenkins

Sunday's quarter-finals (best of 19):

James Wade 6-10 Peter Wright

Phil Taylor 10-3 Stephen Bunting

Adrian Lewis 10-6 Terry Jenkins

Raymond van Barneveld 8-10 Michael van Gerwen

Semi-finals (best of 21):

Phil Taylor v Peter Wright

Adrian Lewis v Michael van Gerwen