Premier League: Adrian Lewis threatened a whitewash before beating Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor is threatening to become an 'also-ran' in this year's Premier League after being dismantled 7-3 by Adrian Lewis in Bournemouth.

Simon Whitlock went down 7-1 to Lewis in week one and he fared little better against Gary Anderson, losing 7-2. The Aussie checked out 98 to level at 1-1 and then took the next against the throw after narrowly missing a 164 out, but the Scot quickly broke back and surged ahead. He cruised through the fifth and doubled his lead in the sixth via a maximum and a bullseye finish, before making it 5-2 after Whitlock missed his chance to pull one back. It was one-way traffic by now and another maximum set up 45 to win leg eight before Anderson clinically ended matters in the next, completing a 70 percent checkout rate in the process.