(VIDEO) No love lost: James Wade receives frosty handshake from Mickey Mansell as The Machine hilariously left waiting for eye contact

James Wade took down Mickey Mansell on Friday afternoon at the Players Championship Finals and there was certainly no love lost between the pair as he took down two ton-plus checkouts and hit 50% on the doubles to win through 6-3.

Wade saw off the Clonoe Cyclone at the Players Championship Finals and they shook hands afterwards but it was devoid of any eye contact as Mansell certainly didn't want to exchange any sort of pleasantries with The Machine.

Hilariously, Wade was left searching for eye contact as he looked funnily at Mansell and there is a tale to tell in regards to why this was the case perhaps.

Ironically Mansell touched on Wade earlier this week in an interview with Tungsten Tales after a frosty moment at the Grand Slam of Darts last year and hit out at his rival. “What do I remember? I remember he doesn’t remember me!” Mansell laughs. “Look, it was tongue in cheek; you can take it whatever way you want. James is James. I’ve too many things going on in my life to be worrying about him.”

“James keeps telling everybody how long he’s been playing darts — he’s played against everybody. There have been plenty of more methodical players than me, like Dennis Priestley, Justin Pipe, who have had a lot more success, and James has played them too. You can’t play the game to suit your opponent — you have to play to suit yourself. Phil Taylor never said anyone was too fast or too slow — he just beat whoever was in front of him. Sometimes boys use it as an excuse.”