TERRY JENKINS' nightmare run in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts continued as he suffered a sixth successive defeat, going down 8-3 to Simon Whitlock in Glasgow.Jenkins, the runner-up in the 2007 Premier League, saw his bid to end his losing run come unstuck against the Australian, whose bid for a play-off place in his debut season in the event continued apace. Whitlock made an ideal start to lead 3-0, and punishing a missed double top from Jenkins in the opening leg, as the world number five hit a 180 but saw his chance to break throw go begging.
Double eight saw Whitlock double his advantage in the second, before he posted double top in the third.The pair traded scores of 180 and 140 in the fourth, with Jenkins producing an 11-dart finish to get off the mark, and then a double top finish in leg six to pull back to 4-2. Whitlock, though, returned from the break the stronger to win the next three legs without reply, hitting two maximums and a 100 finish, as well as punishing a brace of missed double 16s from Jenkins to secure another break of throw. Jenkins stepped in to win the tenth to stay in the game, but Whitlock ruthlessly took out 106 in the next, on double 18, to seal the win and move fourth in the table.
"It's fantastic to get a win over Terry," said Whitlock. "I knew it would be a tight competition and it's proving that every week.
"I'm just trying to focus on each week at a time but I'm feeling confident. The Scottish crowd were fantastic and it was an amazing atmosphere."
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