TERRY Jenkins reached the quarter-finals of the inaugural Unibet World Series of Darts Finals at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.

The Ledbury ace suffered a 10-6 defeat against Adrian Lewis in the last eight after pipping Chris Dobey 6-5 in the first round and then former world champion and Scottish hero Gary Anderson by the same score in the second.

Michael van Gerwen’s run of form continued as he overcame Lewis in the semi-finals and claimed a third successive televised title, beating Peter Wright 11-10 in the final.

Lewis averaged over 105 in his win over Jenkins and landed eight 180s in a strong display.

Lewis, though, took six legs from seven as he turned an early 2-1 deficit into a 7-3 lead, before holding off Jenkins' rally to close out the win.

A relieved Lewis said: “Terry was hitting 180s pretty much every time I looked up and he was at his best there, so I'm happy to get over the line.”

Jenkins had previously stunned Anderson, who had been bidding to take the £30,000 title in the 24-player tournament and delight his home support in Scotland.

Anderson began in style, racing into a 3-0 lead.

However, Jenkins, a nine-time major finalist, hit 180s in four straight legs as he edged ahead and took out 121 on the bull for a 5-4 lead.

Anderson took out 100 to force a deciding leg, but wasted three match darts as Jenkins escaped from four misses of his own to land double five for the win, silencing the home support.

Afterwards Jenkins said: “It was tough because you're playing against Gary and the crowd, but he's the local bloke and he deserved the support.

"It's hard and going 3-0 down didn't help me, but I knew if I could start scoring a bit better than it would make Gary try harder and that's how it proved.

"I put four good legs together and he started struggling, but it was a massive relief to see the winning double go in."

Earlier in the day, Jenkins defeated Northumberland's Dobey, surviving three missed match darts against the television tournament debutant.