Nonetheless, the Dutchman dug deep to find another
gear as he battled away to gradually eat into Taylor’s
advantage. Six winning legs from seven gave RvB
back-to-back sets and saw parity restored with the
early pressure on by claiming it with an impressive
12-darter.
The warriors continued to trade blows and for ten
straight legs the darts remained with the throw.
During that spell, the Dutchman had missed
opportunities to claim the crown in legs 4 and 6
meaning that after a fortnight of matches including
this, arguably the best contest in history, the 2007
World Championships would come down to a single
leg of darts.
Throwing for bull to decipher who started the allimportant 11th leg of set number 13, the Power
stepped up and landed his effort in the outer-ring.
With the option of either removing Taylor’s dart or
keeping it in, RvB opted for the latter and incredibly
registered the most important bullseye of his life.
Advantage to the challenger.
Photo: PDC
two titans’ level at 5 sets each. Incredible levels
or performance from both competitors had already
provided an amazing contest and an electrifying
finale was still to come.
The 11th set began with Taylor winning the opening
two legs but still van Barneveld refused to throw in
the towel and miraculously clawed it back to 2-2
before taking the decider to sensationally take a
6-5 lead having trailed 5-3. For the first time in the
match the Dut