 Both players had defeated Phil Taylor in recent events – Stompé in the final of the German Darts Championship and Jenkins in the group stages of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts – and Stompé took the first set.A 120 checkout from the Englishman levelled the match but Stompé, himself a newcomer to the PDC this year, hit a 164 checkout – the highest of the tournament – to help him take the third set.The debutant won the final set 3–1 to win the match by the same scoreline, sending the 2007 semi-finalist Jenkins out.