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It was the perfect post-Christmas performance from the Team Unicorn duo of Michael Smith and Devon Petersen. Both won their 3rd Round matches 4-2. Smith beat John Henderson and will now face Ryan Searle for a quarter-final spot, while Petersen overcame Steve West and will next take on Nathan Aspinall. But Dimitri van den Bergh is out after he was stunned 4-1 by Luke Humphries. Smith was made to work by an inspired Henderson who kept pace for four sets with a host of 180s and three ton plus finishes.

Hats off to James Wade! He produced a fabulous fight back to take out Keegan Brown 4-3 in yet another dramatic all-Unicorn World Championship clash on Sunday. And there was also joy for Unicorn youngster Chris Dobey, who reached the last 16 for the very first time at the Alexandra Palace with a superb 4-3 win over Vincent van der Voort, Dobey will now face friend and mentor Gary Anderson in an all-Unicorn battle for a quarter-final place at the World Championship. But Wade was 0-2 and 1-3 down and

It was the match of the tournament and Unicorn star Gary Anderson has won through to the last 16 at the World Championship after an Alexandra Palace epic. He beat Jermaine Wattimena in a nail-biting last set tie-break after missing five darts to win the match 4-2. It was what the World Championship is all about. It was a happy 48th birthday in the end for Anderson. Pure drama, pure theatre, pure entertainment..... “I can’t believe that I won that,” Gary admitted. “He was brilliant and he kept pushing

It was the performance of his life! Devon Petersen produced an incredible comeback to beat Ian White in a thrilling all Unicorn clash on Friday night. He won in a dramatic final set tie-break to reach round three. Also on Friday, Dimitri van den Bergh was brilliant in beating Jonny Clayton......Kyle Anderson came through a tough test against Noel Malicdem of the Philippines and Keegan Brown was a winner in the all Unicorn showdown with Jelle Klaasen. But Devon was the star of the show as White’s

What a performance from Chris Dobey! The Unicorn youngster is through to the World Championship 3rd Round after a stunning 3-0 victory over Steve Beaton on Thursday at the Alexandra Palace. But Ted Evetts’ World Championship adventure is over as he went down to Adrian Lewis.  Dobey will now face Vincent van de Voort for a place in the last 16. Beaton won just two legs as Dobey produced a blistering display. “I knew I had to start putting in a lot more work and it is paying off. I am really happy

It was another dramatic day at the World Championship. And in the most dramatic match of the tournament so far, James Wade won the all-Unicorn clash with Seigo Asada in a tie-break. Kim Huybrechts and Michael Smith joined Wade in the 3rd Round, but Joe Cullen suffered more World Championship woes. Wade won the all-Unicorn 2nd Round clash with Seigo Asada 3-2, Huybrechts won nine straight legs against Daniel Larsson, while Smith was made to work before beating Ron Meulenkamp 3-1. ‘The Machine’ really

Seigo Asada played one of the matches of his life to take his place in the 2nd Round at the World Championship. The Unicorn star battled from two sets down to beat Krzysztof Ratajski on Tuesday at the Alexandra Palace. And there was double success for Team Unicorn as Dimitri van den Bergh beat American Chuck Puleo by three sets to nil. For Asada though, one of the most significant wins of his steel tip darting career and there’s no doubt the highly competitive PDC Asian Tour has made a big difference

Team Unicorn star Seigo Asada was presented with a special Limited Edition set of darts at the William Hill World Darts Championship yesterday, ahead of his dramatic 3-2 1st round comeback victory over Krysztof Ratajski.The presentation was made on stage at Alexandra Palace by Unicorn Production Director Lee Parker.Japan's no.1 player Asada, was crowned Perfect Tour champion for 2018 with events to spare and to mark the fantastic achievement, 500 sets of Limited Edition darts have been manufactured

It wasn’t pretty but it didn’t matter! Devon Petersen is through to the 2nd Round at the World Championship and an all Unicorn showdown with Ian White. The South African, who has endured a tough year on the tour, found a a way to win three sets to two after a nail-biter against Wayne Jones. The Unicorn ace looked to be coasting as he raced into a two set lead. But after missing two darts to hold throw at the start of set three, it gave his opponent the chance he’d been looking for. Jones won that

Keegan Brown has set up a mouthwatering all Unicorn 2nd Round clash with Jelle Klaasen at the World Championship.A 95.7 average with six 180s was enough to take him to a comfortable 3-0 win over Karel Sedlacek on Saturday night at the Alexandra Palace.When he was good, he was very good but Brown was the first to admit he needs much more consistency in his game.“I have blown hot and cold this year,” he said. “But I genuinely feel that I am hitting some form when it matters and I relish the chance