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Wayne Jones through in Grand Slam

Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones believes he's had the luck of the draw in the Grand Slam despite going through the knockout stages in second place of Group C.

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Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones believes he's had the luck of the draw in the Grand Slam despite going through the knockout stages in second place of Group C.

Jones' 100 per cent record after two games of the tournament at Wolverhampton Civic Hall was shattered by Gary Anderson last night, who won 5-1 to finish top.

But it's Anderson who will play world number three James Wade with Jones paired with Terry Jenkins, after Jenkins came from third place to win Group D with a see-saw 5-3 win over Wade.

Jones will face Jenkins in the last match of Thursday's session in a best of 19 showdown and admits he will have to up his game after "a bad night."

He said: "There was an element of knowing that I didn't really need to win, but you can't really put it down to the fact that I knew I was through.

"It wasn't even a good game but I am glad I saved a performance like that until the last game. I only needed three legs to win the group but it just didn't go at all last night.

"I hope I can put it down to a bad night because there's no reason for it, I have been playing really well. Luckily, now I have got a long game.

"In reality, I would prefer to play Terry because I have got a really good record against him, I think he's only beat me twice in about 15 games.

"The pressure was on me to get through and I have done that, that's the main thing. It doesn't matter who I play now, it's how I play."

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