Premier League Darts: Luke Littler secures back-to-back night wins as Gerwyn Price hits nine-dart finish | Darts News
Luke Littler moved top of the Premier League Darts table with his second nightly win in a row as he stopped Gerwyn Price from following a nine-dart finish with his maiden victory of the season.
Littler, 17, backed up his triumph in Belfast last week with another in Manchester on Night 10, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6-3 in the quarter-finals, Nathan Aspinall 6-4 in the semis and then Price 6-3 in the final.
The youngster is now onto 23 points for the campaign, one clear of world No 1 and reigning world champion Luke Humphries, with Aspinall (18 points) and Van Gerwen (17 points) rounding out the play-off spots with six weeks of the regular season to come.
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Gerwyn Price struck a nine-darter during his semi-final against Michael Smith on Night 10 of the Premier League in Manchester.
Price, in seventh place, is seven points adrift of Van Gerwen but will feel he can push for the top four after a stellar evening in Manchester – the final against Littler aside – in which he pinned a nine-darter while beating Michael Smith 6-3 in the last four.
The Iceman had earlier defeated rock-bottom Peter Wright 6-4 in a high-quality quarter-final, with Wright beaten despite averaging almost 110 and hitting each of the doubles he attempted.
The Premier League heads to Birmingham for Night 11 next Thursday, with Littler to play Rob Cross, Price to face Smith, Van Gerwen to meet Aspinall and Wright to tackle Humphries.
More to follow.
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