Darts legend's tribute to Northants challenger Painter
Darts legend Phil Taylor paid a glowing tribute to Northamptonshire ace Kevin Painter after the 13-time world champion made a winning start to his bid for a fourth PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic title with a 6-4 win.
Painter, of Daventry, battled through the second qualifier on Tuesday to win a place in the main event and performed superbly.
But he was simply overpowered by Taylor, who averaged 108.8 to his opponent's 104.
Taylor lost 6-5 to Mark Dudbridge in last year's first round and admitted that memory helped him to victory this time around.
"Last year's gone but you do think about it," he said. "You can only do something about the future and I'm up for it this year.
"Kevin was superb and won some great legs but I had to try and keep my throw - when he had his back against the wall he hit and 11 or 12-darter.
"At 5-4 I couldn't let him get to five each, especially after what happened last year, and I kicked in.
"If Kevin had played anyone else maybe he'd have gone through but playing on TV, and against me, brings the best out of him."
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Last Updated:
03 July 2008 12:14 PM
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