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Michael Smith has claimed the biggest title of his career!

The Team Unicorn star was crowned Shanghai Masters Champion on Saturday as he beat Rob Cross 8-2 in the final.

He swept aside Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final before dominating Cross in the final.

“It’s an amazing feeling to win a big TV title. I know it isn’t a Major but this is a big deal for me going forward. It is another big step and to beat the World No.1 and World Champion to do it makes it very special,” Smith said.

He went 4-0 up in the both the semi-final and final and wasn’t going to let it slip from there. Against Van Gerwen, the Unicorn man won all four legs on D10. The Dutchman threatened a fightback with three legs on the spin, including a 170 finish, but Smith got the job done in style as he hit three 180s in three legs to complete an 8-4 win.

He had earlier beaten Royden Lam - Gary Anderson’s conqueror - in the quarter-finals.....five

It was a massive Shanghai Surprise.

Unicorn star Gary Anderson was knocked out of the Shanghai Darts Masters by Royden Lam. The No.1 seed losing a last leg decider to the Asian No.1 on Friday.

But he only has himself to blame.....crucial missed doubles cost Gary dearly and just days after winning the US Darts Masters in some style, Anderson failed to fire in China.

So instead of an all Unicorn quarter-final, it is Lam who will take on Michael Smith.

Anderson missed two darts to break in the opening leg and then six darts to win the third leg, so instead of being 3-0 up he found himself 4-1 down. He got back to within a leg only for the man from Hong Kong to take out 320 in six darts....180 and a superb 140 finish.

The Scot managed to force a last leg but Lam held his nerve to win with his third match dart when Anderson was sat on 22 himself.

Smith won an all Unicorn affair without dropping a leg. Team Unicorn’s 20-yr-old Xiaochen Zong

Gary Anderson will begin his quest for back-to-back PDC World Series of Darts titles against Royden Lam at the 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters on Friday.

The event will see eight Asian representatives, three in Team Unicorn, taking on eight top stars of the sport over two days at the Pullman Hotel Shanghai South.

Last weekend's US Darts Masters champion and Unicorn star Anderson will meet Hong Kong star Lam - the current PDC Asian Tour number one - in an exciting first round fixture.

Last year's semi-finalist James Wade has drawn Hailong Chen and Michael Smith plays Chinese World Cup of Darts ace Xiaochen Zong in an all-Unicorn clash.

The opening match will see Unicorn’s Yuanjun Liu take on Gerwyn Price while Unicorn’s Japanese World Cup of Darts star Seigo Asada faces world number two Peter Wright

The eight Asian Representatives will come up against the eight PDC stars in Friday's first round of the 21.co.uk Shanghai Darts Masters, which

Gary Anderson produced a stunning display of dazzling darts to light up Las Vegas as he was crowned US Darts Masters king!

The Team Unicorn superstar claimed his 6th World Series title in some style. From 1-4 down, he reeled off seven straight legs to beat Rob Cross 8-4 in the final at the Mandalay Bay.

Earlier Gary produced an epic fightback to take a thrilling all Unicorn semi-final in a deciding leg against James Wade.......Wade had earlier walloped Michael van Gerwen and was 6-2 up against Anderson, but the Scot battled back to win 8-7.

“It has been some day!” Anderson said. “To be honest I hadn’t picked up the darts for three or four weeks because I was away with the family. Perhaps that’s the way forward! They were two special games against James and Rob, but I just felt like it was my day.”

When Anderson is playing like that, it really is a thing of beauty and he was unstoppable.

The Unicorn man had a bit

Unicorn star James Wade just avoided another shock defeat on the opening day of the US Masters.

Team Unicorn stablemate Gary Anderon produced the performance of the day in Las Vegas with a stunning average of 112.63, while Michael Smith was also a winner.

But Wade, who was on the end of a big upset 12 months ago in Vegas when he lost to Dawson Murschell, had to survive match darts before edging past American youngster Danny Lauby.

‘The Machine’ found himself trailing 4-2 to an inspired American. The Unicorn man had taken out 141 to stay in the match and got a huge slice of luck when Lauby missed six darts to move 5-2 in front.

Wade still had work to do after a 120 check-out saw Lauby lead 5-3....but the American then missed two match darts to win 6-3 and Wade seized his opportunity. He forced the last leg decider and won it in some style with a brilliant 158 finish.

“I must bring the best out of these North American players!”