Premier League Darts: Luke Humphries wins opening night after Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler in epic

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World fig one: Luke Humphries extended his superb caller form

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Luke Humphries dominated connected the opening nighttime of the Premier League successful Belfast arsenic helium thrased Chris Dobey 6-1 successful the final.

World fig 1 Humphries, who won the Winmau World Masters rubric connected Sunday, was successful relentless signifier against Dobey, having swept Nathan Aspinall earlier edgining a final-leg decider against Michael van Gerwen astatine the SSE Arena.

Humphries raced into a 5-0 pb successful a one-sided last implicit Dobey, who took retired a 126-finish successful the sixth limb to debar a whitewash, but the result was inevitable.

Luke Littler's archetypal lucifer successful defence of his Premier League crown ended successful a thrilling 6-5 decision to Van Gerwen, who gained immoderate revenge for his World Championship last decision to the teen past month.

Littler was successful sparkling form, averaging 113.91 - a caller grounds successful Belfast and the 2nd highest losing mean successful Premier League past - and produced a 161-checkout connected the bull to level the lucifer astatine 2-2.

But an inspired Van Gerwen, a seven-time Premier League champion, edged a classic, averaging 105.91, portion some players landed six 180s.

Van Gerwen failed to backmost up his opening triumph arsenic helium missed lucifer dart connected the bull successful his semi-final against Humphries, who landed 140 and 120 checkouts earlier holding his nervus successful a deciding limb to borderline done 6-5.

Dobey overcame satellite fig 4 Rob Cross successful the archetypal semi-final, completing checkouts of 170 and 120 connected his mode to a 6-4 win.

Humphries, who mislaid to Littler successful past year's Premier League final, launched his run with a 6-2 decision of 2023 World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall.

Cross opened with a 6-4 triumph against World Championship semi-finalist Stephen Bunting and Dobey bushed satellite fig 9 Gerwyn Price by the aforesaid people successful his quarter-final.

The Premier League moves connected to the OVO Hydro successful Glasgow for its 2nd nighttime adjacent Thursday.

Additional reporting by PA Sport.

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