Sports commentator
The best-of-25 legs final between Taylor and Van Barneveld was held on the afternoon of July 5 before almost 1,000 people. The Sky Sports team called the match "a dream final"; the two finalists were ranked first and third in the PDC Order of Merit and noted they had not played each other in a long time since Van Barneveld played in the British Darts Organisation. Eric Bristow, a Sky Sports commentator, observed that Van Barneveld would have to "play at his very, very, very best" to defeat Taylor.