Terry Jenkins slips to 8-2 Premier League defeat

Terry Jenkins has only one Premier League win so far this season

Ledbury darts star Terry Jenkins was well beaten 8-2 by Mervyn King in their Premier League meeting in Cardiff.

King admitted he had caught the Herefordshire player on a good day as Jenkins was not at his best.

"Terry missed a couple of doubles in the first leg and let me in, and I took advantage of it," said King.

"Terry didn't play as well as he usually does and I made him pay so even though it wasn't my best display it was a reasonable performance."

King had suffered his second defeat of the campaign a week earlier in Birmingham, but continued his push for a play-off place with a classy display against the 2007 runner-up.

King averaged over 100 for most of the match and he made an immediate impression by punishing five missed doubles from Jenkins to win the opening leg on double 10 before taking the second on double top to ensure an early lead.

Jenkins finished 76 in two darts for a 14-dart finish in getting off the mark in leg three, but could do little as King reeled off five successive legs to take command.

He took out double 16 for a third leg, hit a 180 and double 10 for the next and produced a 171 score to set up an 11-dart finish in moving 5-1 up.

King landed double 16 for a second successive leg to further extend his advantage, and took out double two to move to the brink of victory after Jenkins saw one dart at double 10, for a 100 finish, agonisingly miss.

Jenkins did pull back a leg on double top, but King hit the same bed in the next leg to seal the win.