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<h1>Adrian Lewis wins PDC World Darts Championship in style after beating Gary Anderson in the final</h1>
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Adrian Lewis produced one of the most memorable displays in the history of the
PDC World Darts Championships as he landed a historic nine-dart finish en
route to lifting the title with a 7-5 victory over Gary Anderson.
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Victorious: Adrian Lewis holds on to the PDC World Championship title after seeing off Gary Anderson with a fantastic display</span>Photo: GETTY IMAGES</span></div>
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By Telegraph staff and agencies</span>
11:52PM GMT 03 Jan 2011</span>
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The 25-year-old from Stoke, schooled in the game by 15-times winner Phil
Taylor, racked up the first ever nine-darter in a world final as he lifted
his first PDC crown.
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He also landed 20 maximum 180s as part of a match total of 30 to beat Simon
Whitlock's record of 58 in the tournament a year ago, with his tally ending
at 60.
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"It hasn't quite sunk in yet," Lewis said afterwards. "It took a lot of bottle
for me to keep my courage after I'd done that nine-darter. I'm so over the
moon but I need to push on now.
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"I think I deserve it. Last night I had a brilliant night's sleep and today I
turned up and got the job done.
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"I knew I had to come out strong against him and when I hit the two 180s, I
knew that every day in practice I'd got close and missed the double 12. But
I got it and I'm in dreamland."
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Taylor, who watched on from the crowd, added: "I couldn't be more proud of him
if he was my own son. It was a great final and I can't say enough about the
pair of them.
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"It's made me think to myself 'Phil, you're not good enough anymore, these
lads are better than you so go out and do something about it'."
The game could not have got off to a more explosive start, with Lewis landing
his memorable finish in just the third game before taking the set 3-1.
Clearly stung, Anderson was off colour in the next set which Lewis took 3-0,
although he struggled to a double-one finish in the first leg.
Anderson cleaned up in the third set, which he took 3-0 thanks to two stunning
checkouts of 130 and 136, with Lewis moving 3-1 ahead in the next thanks to
a 78 finish against the throw.
That forced Anderson onto the offensive and a 12-dart finish set him on his
way to the fifth set before he plundered a 164 checkout to move back to 3-3.
Lewis floated in a 10-dart finish in a seventh set that he took 3-1 thanks to
a maximum in each of the successful legs.
The standard remained unbelievably high in the eighth set, with Lewis landing
a 97 finish against the throw to move 5-3 ahead, before registering five
maximums in a ninth set he also dominated.
Anderson fought back, though, taking the 10th set 3-1 against the throw,
before getting back to 6-5 with a 3-0 win, Lewis missing a combined total of
six doubles as he had chances to win each leg.
But Lewis would not be denied in the 12th set and finally clinched a brilliant
win.
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There some great games throughout the tournament and some surprises along the way. The standard was very high. Here's a video of Adrian Lewis' superb 9 darter in the final:
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<h1>Adrian Lewis wins PDC World Darts Championship in style after beating Gary Anderson in the final</h1>
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Adrian Lewis produced one of the most memorable displays in the history of the
PDC World Darts Championships as he landed a historic nine-dart finish en
route to lifting the title with a 7-5 victory over Gary Anderson.
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Victorious: Adrian Lewis holds on to the PDC World Championship title after seeing off Gary Anderson with a fantastic display</span>Photo: GETTY IMAGES</span></div>
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By Telegraph staff and agencies</span>
11:52PM GMT 03 Jan 2011</span>
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The 25-year-old from Stoke, schooled in the game by 15-times winner Phil
Taylor, racked up the first ever nine-darter in a world final as he lifted
his first PDC crown.
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He also landed 20 maximum 180s as part of a match total of 30 to beat Simon
Whitlock's record of 58 in the tournament a year ago, with his tally ending
at 60.
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"It hasn't quite sunk in yet," Lewis said afterwards. "It took a lot of bottle
for me to keep my courage after I'd done that nine-darter. I'm so over the
moon but I need to push on now.
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"I think I deserve it. Last night I had a brilliant night's sleep and today I
turned up and got the job done.
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"I knew I had to come out strong against him and when I hit the two 180s, I
knew that every day in practice I'd got close and missed the double 12. But
I got it and I'm in dreamland."
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Taylor, who watched on from the crowd, added: "I couldn't be more proud of him
if he was my own son. It was a great final and I can't say enough about the
pair of them.
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"It's made me think to myself 'Phil, you're not good enough anymore, these
lads are better than you so go out and do something about it'."
The game could not have got off to a more explosive start, with Lewis landing
his memorable finish in just the third game before taking the set 3-1.
Clearly stung, Anderson was off colour in the next set which Lewis took 3-0,
although he struggled to a double-one finish in the first leg.
Anderson cleaned up in the third set, which he took 3-0 thanks to two stunning
checkouts of 130 and 136, with Lewis moving 3-1 ahead in the next thanks to
a 78 finish against the throw.
That forced Anderson onto the offensive and a 12-dart finish set him on his
way to the fifth set before he plundered a 164 checkout to move back to 3-3.
Lewis floated in a 10-dart finish in a seventh set that he took 3-1 thanks to
a maximum in each of the successful legs.
The standard remained unbelievably high in the eighth set, with Lewis landing
a 97 finish against the throw to move 5-3 ahead, before registering five
maximums in a ninth set he also dominated.
Anderson fought back, though, taking the 10th set 3-1 against the throw,
before getting back to 6-5 with a 3-0 win, Lewis missing a combined total of
six doubles as he had chances to win each leg.
But Lewis would not be denied in the 12th set and finally clinched a brilliant
win.
</div>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/darts/8237986/Adrian-Lewis-wins-PDC-World-Darts-Championship-in-style-after-beating-Gary-Anderson-in-the-final.html
There some great games throughout the tournament and some surprises along the way. The standard was very high. Here's a video of Adrian Lewis' superb 9 darter in the final:
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