Battling Jenkins beaten by Part (From Worcester News)

Battling Jenkins beaten by Part

3:25pm Monday 6th July 2009

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TERRY Jenkins bowed out of the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic following a battling 10-8 quarter-final defeat against John Part.

The 2007 runner-up trailed 7-2 before hitting back to 8-7 down, only for Part to jump over the finishing line.

Canadian Part, thrashed 11-1 by eventual winner Phil Taylor in the last four, took out a 112 finish in the opening leg to break throw immediately before posting a 78 checkout and double 18 for a 14-darter to move 3-0 up.

Jenkins, from Ledbury, took out 88 in the fourth to get off the mark, and double top pulled him back to 3-2.

Part then reeled off four successive legs for a 7-2 cushion, although Jenkins landed a 13-darter to stall the momentum and then hit a 180 and a 121 finish in pulling back to 7-4.

Double four from Part gave him the 12th leg, but Jenkins took out 92 in the next and then set up double top with a timely 140 in the 14th.

The pair traded 180s in the next, but a missed double 16 from Part allowed Jenkins to continue his fightback and reduce the gap to one leg.

This time it was Part who found an extra gear, hitting double eight to move a leg from success.

Jenkins posted his fifth maximum in taking the next leg to pull back to 9-8, but Part’s sixth 180 proved crucial for victory.

Jenkins will play Peter Wright in the first round of the stanjames.com World Matchplay in Blackpool later this month.

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