Wayne Jones finally beats Phil Taylor in PDC

Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones finally beat Phil Taylor at the 15th time of asking in a run to the semi-final of the PDC Dutch Darts Masters.

Jones put Taylor out in the quarter-finals with a dramatic last leg win in the quarter-finals at the European Tour event in Nuland, Holland, yesterday.

'The Wanderer' led 2-0 only for Taylor to level but Jones took out 161 to make it 3-2, before 'the Power' battled back to lead for the first time, by 4-3.

An 11-dart leg from Jones was answered by Taylor on double seven as he moved to within a leg of victory, but a 78 checkout got Jones back on terms.

And it was Jones who was first to a finish in the final leg but missed a dart at double five to let Taylor back in, with three darts at double 12 for the win.

Taylor inexplicably missed all three arrows and Jones returned to the board and landed double 16 with his third dart to beat the 15-time world champion.

Jones had started his challenge at the Van Der Valk Hotel in Nuland with a 6-2 win over Dave Ladley on stage two in the first round on Friday night.

That made Jones a part of Saturday's afternoon session where he put out 'the Artist' Kevin Painter in another last leg decider, edging through by 6-5.

The Black Country darter shone in seeing off Andy Jenkins 6-1 to set up the clash with Taylor and a semi-final with bad boy Aussie Paul Nicholson.

Jones let another 2-0 lead slip to trial 3-2 but levelled only to then trail 5-3, but even a maximum of his own in the next leg could not prevent a 6-3 loss.

A first ranking title continues to elude the 47-year-old but a good run should galvanise Jones, as he prepares to be the hometown hero at the Grand Slam.

The PDC's next televised tournament at Wolverhampton Civic Hall starts a week on Saturday and the draw for the competition will be made next Monday.

Namesake Mark Jones, from Brierley Hill, also had his moments in Holland, starting with a 6-0 whitewash of former BDO world champion Mark Webster.

But Jones came a cropper in the second round as he struggled to get near Kim Huybrechts, the Dane winning 6-2 on his run to the semi-final.

Rugeley's Mark Hylton never got past the first round as he slipped to a 6-4 defeat to unknown Davyd Venken on stage two.

'Mile High' Hylton - a former airline cabin crew manager - failed to reach the heights as he dropped legs at crucial times to lose.