Grand Slam of Darts: The Power and the glory as Phil Taylor claims sixth title

Phil Taylor claimed his sixth Grand Slam of Darts title as his imperious week at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall peaked with a 16-13 win over gutsy Dave Chisnall in the final.

Taylor has been at his clinical best throughout seven games in the £400,000 event, winning through the group stage unbeaten before seeing off Peter Wright, Michael Smith and Mervyn King on his way to the final.

There, he produced another superb performance as he denied resilient Chisnall a maiden major title, despite the St Helens man hitting back from 5-0 down to level a remarkable contest.

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Chisnall had come from behind to defeat Keegan Brown and Kim Huybrechts in reaching the final, but after levelling at ten-all saw Taylor pull clear to take the £100,000 winner's cheque. "I'm chuffed to bits," admitted Taylor. "It was very, very tough and Dave didn't give up – he showed that he's an incredible player. He put me under so much pressure but I had to slow down, take a deep breath and I managed to get there in the end."

Taylor dedicated the triumph to his ill mother, whom he visited in a Stoke hospital last night.

Before the visit, he said: "I'm going to take the trophy up to the hospital with me and leave it at my mum's bedside –she'll be asleep when I get there but it will be a nice surprise for her when she wakes up tomorrow. It's been very tough recently with her being in hospital, but this week's been a little bit of escapism."

Taylor won the final's opening five legs without Chisnall having a dart at a double, landing three 180s and a trio of double 16 finishes in the process.

Chisnall, though, produced his best darts of the game as he hit back with five successive legs, firstly landing double 18, a 141 finish and a 14-darter before punishing missed doubles from Taylor in back-to-back legs to level at nine-all.

Taylor then broke throw with a 13-darter before sealing the victory.