What is the nickname for the player who won the 2008 World Matchplay?
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2008 World Matchplay (darts) The 2008 Stan James World Matchplay was the 15th annual staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place from Sunday 20 July to Saturday 26 July. It was staged at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. World number three, James Wade went into the competition as the defending champion and managed to reach the final for the third year in a row, but was defeated by top seed Phil Taylor 18-9 who won his ninth World Matchplay championship.
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Phil Taylor (darts player) Philip Douglas ""Phil '" Taylor (born August 1960) is an English professional darts player, nicknamed The Power"'. He is widely regarded as the greatest darts player of all time, having won 216 professional tournaments, which include 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records).
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Matt Clark (darts player) Matthew 'Matt' Clark (born 4 April 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.
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Baba Adamu Baba Adamu (born 20 October 1979 in Kumasi, Ghana), known occasionally simply by his nickname "Armando", is a former Ghanaian international football (soccer) striker.
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2Play Wesley Johnson (born 1977), known by his stage name 2Play, is a British musician, record producer, and former mixed martial artist.
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1999 FIFA World Player of the Year The 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Rivaldo with 536 points. David Beckham took second place, the highest ever position for an English footballer. Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta came third.
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Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: , ] ; born June 4, 1976) is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in 2008 in doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No. 1, after Slobodan Živojinović. While Zimonjić is known as a doubles specialist (winning 3 Grand Slams in men's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles), he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. A 22 year span consisting of 54 Davis Cup ties including 43 victories has resulted in him becoming the most accomplished Davis Cup player in his nations history. His strongest weapon is very powerful first serve that he can hit at up to 235 km/h (146 mph).
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René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste (] ; 2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents ; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929.
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Colin Lloyd Colin Edward Lloyd (born 7 August 1973 in Colchester, Essex), nicknamed Jaws, is an English former professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC – the 2004 World Grand Prix and the 2005 World Matchplay. His entrance music was "Monster" by The Automatic.
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Madars Razma Madars Razma (born 26 September 1988) is a Latvian darts player nicknamed Razmatazz.
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Makihito Mihara Makihito Mihara (三原槙仁 ) is a Japanese "" player best known for winning the 2006 World Championship, 2011 Team World Championship and being inducted into the 2014 Hall of Fame. Mihara's resume includes four more top eights, and eight top eights, including two wins.
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Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri (born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is "Gordo" which means "Fat" in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.
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Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic (Serbian: Новак Ђоковић , "Novak Đoković", ] ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
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Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun, MH, JP (, born 8 January 1978 in Hong Kong) is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He won the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and was the runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship and the 2011 Masters. He also won the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open and was runner-up in the 2013 German Masters and 2013 International Championship. In addition, Fu reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice – in 2006 and in 2016. Fu's career high world ranking is fifth, achieved in 2017. As a prolific break-builder, Fu has compiled more than 450 century breaks in professional competition, including four maximum 147 breaks. He currently resides in London.
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Erik Mykland Erik Mykland (born 21 July 1971) is a Norwegian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He was nicknamed "Myggen" (mosquito) during his career, as he used to flap his arms and hands like one when celebrating his goals.
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Jason Krejza Jason John Krejza (born 14 January 1983) is an Australian cricketer. He also plays for the Tasmanian Tigers and Leicestershire. Krejza's father was an association football player from Czechoslovakia and his mother was born in Poland. His nickname is "Krazy".
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Shahbaz Ahmed Shahbaz Ahmad (Urdu: شہباز احمد) (born September 1, 1968) is a former field hockey player from Pakistan who is also known by his nickname as "Shahbaz Ahmed Senior".
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Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus (born 19 June 1965 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian former footballer, better known on the football pitch as Ronaldo, or Ronaldão ("big Ronaldo"), to differentiate him from his younger compatriot and teammate, also dubbed Ronaldo, who was initially nicknamed Ronaldinho ("little Ronaldo"), a nickname later adpoted by footballer Ronaldinho Gaúcho.
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Robert Wagner (darts player) Robert Wagner (born 14 June 1965) is an Austrian-born Norwegian darts player, nicknamed The Magician.
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Paulinho McLaren Paulo César Vieira Rosa, nicknamed Paulinho and Paulinho McLaren (born September 28, 1963) is a former Brazilian football player.
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Tendai Mtawarira Tendai Nihal 'Beast' Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player who currently plays for the Sharks in the Super Rugby competition. Mtawarira, a prop, is fondly known by friends and fans as "The Beast". Roars of "Beast" are shouted by spectators and fans of the Sharks team whenever Mtawarira attains possession of the ball or makes a big tackle. Mtawarira was selected as part of the South African National Rugby Union team and made his debut playing against Wales in a test match on 14 June 2008. The following week, on 21 June 2008, Mtawarira scored a try against Italy as well as winning the 'Man of the Match' award. He is the most capped prop in South African history.
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Nacho Figueras Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras (born March 4, 1977) is an Argentine polo player with a 6-goal handicap. <br> As of September 2009, he is ranked as one of the top 100 polo players in the world. Sometimes called the "David Beckham of polo", he usually plays in Argentina and in the U.S. as part of the Black Watch Polo Team. He has also been the face of Ralph Lauren's Black Label line since 2005, and was recently chosen to represent the entire line of Polo fragrances.