page_title: 2002 PDC World Darts Championship
section_title: Semi-finals
hierarchical_section_title: 2002 PDC World Darts Championship / Tournament summary / Semi-finals
caption_attribution_description: Peter Manley
context_page_description: The 2002 PDC World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament held from 28 December 2001 to 5 January 2002 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. It was the ninth staging of the competition beginning with the 1994 edition and the ninth time it was held at the Circus Tavern. The competition was the first of 30 Professional Darts Corporation tournaments in the 2002 season.
  Nine-time world champion Phil Taylor whitewashed second-time finalist Peter Manley 7–0 in the final. It was a rematch of the final of the 1999 PDC World Championship, which Taylor also won. Taylor won his eighth consecutive world championship and tenth overall. He defeated Paul Williams, Shayne Burgess, the 2001 tournament runner-up John Part, and Dave Askew on his way to the final. Taylor also achieved a 167 checkout, the highest of the competition, in his second round match against Burgess.
context_section_description: Both of the semi-finals were best-of-11 sets on 4 January 2002. The first semi-final pitted Manley against Lloyd. Manley won the first set and Lloyd the second from checkouts of 105, 137 and 46. Lloyd took the third set after Manley produced a 111 checkout from eleven darts thrown. Both players shared the following two sets; Manley took the fourth on the outer double ten ring and Lloyd the fifth from checkouts of 134 and 91. Manley won sets six and seven and Lloyd the eighth. Manley retook the lead after the ninth set and claimed a 6–4 victory after the final set went to a fifth leg which he won on the outer double eight ring. Lloyd made ten maximums to Manley's eight. Manley said he was annoyed with the easy removal of flights on Lloyd's darts and felt the latter slowed the match. Lloyd stated a warm arena reduced his hand grip and denied employing gamesmanship to slow Manley.
  Taylor faced Askew in the other semi-final. Askew took the first two legs of the first set. Taylor came from behind to claim the set after Askew missed four opportunities to hit a double in its third leg. Taylor subsequently won the next six legs to lead 3–0. Askew ended the streak by winning one leg in the fourth set as Taylor secured the set. Taylor then took sets five and six for a 6–1 win, only losing one leg in each of the final two sets. Post-match Taylor said Askew had put him under pressure: "I could feel Dave was under pressure from the start and I knew that if he hit 140, then I had to follow him. I just kept on top of him", and commented on Manley's challenge to him, "It's either going to be a walkover or a cracker, and I think it will be a good match. Peter will push me, but If I push him back he'll go."
caption: Peter Manley (pictured in 2007) reached the second world championship final of his career with a 6–4 win over Colin Lloyd.
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