HAVING struck two incredible nine-dart finishes to beat James Wade in the 2010 final, Phil Taylor is hoping for a similar display when the pair meet in tonight's Premier League Darts Championship play-off semi-final.

A win over Wade would put Taylor through to a final against Simon Whitlock or Andy Hamilton, who will battle it out in the second semi-final, and one step closer to his sixth crown.

The Power endured a disappointing start to the 2012 season after a second round defeat to Dave Chisnall in the PDC World Championship, but the 51-year-old believes victory at the o2 Arena in London tonight will put him back on track.

A convincing 8-1 win over Wade in week 13 saw Taylor book his place in the play-offs and will give Taylor a physcological advantage going into tonight's showdown where the eventual champion will be crowned, but a draw with Gary Anderson last week wasn't the ideal preparation he would have wanted.

Taylor was victorious in four majors last season, but speaking at a promotional appearance at JJB Sports in Darlington last week, the 15-time world champion is keen to get back on track.

"I'm going to try and win everything back," Taylor said.

"I won four majors last year out of seven so I want to win as many as I can this year and we'll see what I can do."

And as he prepares to face Wade for a place in the final tonight, Taylor hopes he can repeat his incredible performance against the same opponent in the 2010 final and insists he has no problems with motivation given his domination of the sport over the last 17 years.

"I've had some special moments against James in the past, we've got a good rivalry. I'd love to get a couple of nine-darters over him and win.

"It's never hard to motivate myself because I set targets and I want to achieve them every year. I want to go until I'm 55 and then maybe retire or cut right down."

Taylor's last appearance came against Anderson at the Newcastle Arena last Thursday - a place where he admits the atmosphere is one of the best on the tour.

The day after he was on hand to play a group of female players from the Darlington League and having progressed from playing at that level to being the sport's most successful competitor, Taylor admits maintaining local leagues is vital for the sport.

"It's where it all starts for most players so to come back to the grassroots level of the sport and see how people play is brilliant.

"It's so important to have local leagues. The leagues aren't as busy as they used to be, but the professional game, people seem to enter more tournaments because the money is there."