CARDIGAN darts ace Jamie Lewis returned to form with two stunning performances to reach the quarter-finals of the televised World Series of Darts Finals at the Multiversum in Vienna, before losing out to eventual winner James Wade.

The 26 year-old stole the show on night one with his highest televised average in a 6-2 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh.

Friday’s opening round at the Multiversum saw World Championship semi-finalist Lewis produce the performance of the evening, with a 109.8 average to beat the German Darts Masters runner-up.

A clinical display of finishing from the Welshman saw him hit six of his seven attempts at double to secure a place against World Champion Rob Cross in Saturday’s second round, when the eight seeded players entered the competition.

“I was over the moon with that performance, I haven’t had a great year, but I felt it was coming,” said Lewis."I lost my grandfather last week, it’s been really hard, but I knew I was going to come out here and do well for him. In my head I was thinking ‘I don’t want to let him down’ and thankfully I performed well, and I’m chuffed with that.”

The Cardigan man continued his impressive run by knocking out World Champion Rob Cross with a 6-5 victory. He had trailed 5-4 to the Brisbane Darts Master, but he rallied to keep his hopes alive with a strong final two legs.

Lewis, who averaged 87.87, had the throw in the 11th leg and got over the finishing line with a superb 13-dart leg.

In Sunday afternoon’s quarter-final, Lewis came up against the new European Champion James Wade, who continued where he had left off in Dortmund to make his progress into another semi-final.

A typical Wade performance, with seven 180s and a high checkout of 108, set him up for second consecutive TV title, but Lewis, who averaged 84.08 in this match, could hold his head high with some great finishing, before Wade triumphed 10-5.

Wade went on to register a convincing 11-2 victory over Raymond Van Barneveld, who had stunned world number one Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals, to reach the Vienna showdown.

Wade won his second televised title in the space of seven days with a dramatic 11-10 win over Michael Smith in the final.