Premier League Darts: Luke Humphries secures second night win in a row as Luke Littler comes close to nine-darter | Darts News
World No 1 Luke Humphries secured back-to-back night wins in the Premier League and leapfrogged Michael van Gerwen at the top of the table with a 6-3 victory over Nathan Aspinall in Nottingham.
The reigning world champion followed his success in Brighton last week with another in the Midlands on Night Seven as he moved onto 17 points for the season, two clear of Van Gerwen.
Van Gerwen has failed to add to his tally since triumphing on Night Four in Newcastle for a third overall win in a row, with the Dutchman now losing three matches on the trot after being beaten by an inspired Luke Littler in Nottingham.
Littler averaged 114 as he beat Mighty Mike 6-2 in the quarter-finals and was a missed double 12 away from a second nine-darter in five days after hitting one against Rob Cross to win the Belgian Darts Open on Sunday.
Littler’s pursuit of a first night victory in the Premier League goes on, however, with the 17-year old beaten by Aspinall in the semi-finals.
Peter Wright, meanwhile, won his first match of the campaign, pipping Gerwyn Price 6-5 in a last-leg shootout before he was thumped 6-1 by the in-form Humphries.
More to follow.
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