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Thursday 28 December 1995 00:02 GMT

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Phil Taylor made an impressive start to his defence of the Vernons Pools World Championship in Purfleet, Essex, yesterday, beating his fellow England international, Cliff Lazarenko, 3-0 in their opening group match. Taylor, the top seed, won the first set by 3-1, the second 3-0 and third 3-1, firing five maximum 180s during the match. The American Sean Downs caused the first shock by beating the eighth seed, Kevin Spiolek of Cambridge, 3-0. Jocky Wilson, the 45-year-old Scottish former Embassy World Champion, was forced to withdraw because of his diabetes.

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