Luke Littler averaged 104.70 as he started the defence of his Belgian Darts Open title with a convincing 6-2 win over Boris Krcmar on Saturday.
Two days after coming from 5-0 all the way down to beat Gerwyn Worth 6-5 to win the newest spherical of Premier League motion in Dublin, Littler had extra of a routine night on the Oktoberhallen in Wieze.
Littler moved 4-0 forward towards Krcmar, taking out double 19 twice, though the two-time world champion didn’t have all of it his personal manner after lacking 5 match darts within the seventh leg towards his Croatian opponent.
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Highlights of the ultimate between Littler and Gerwyn Worth on Evening 7 of the Premier League in Dublin
He rebounded with back-to-back 180s to begin the eighth leg and although he was unable to complete with a nine-darter, the 19-year-old wrapped up the win to arrange a last-16 tie towards Niels Zonneveld, who edged out final yr’s runner-up Mike De Decker 6-5 earlier within the second spherical.
“I love it here,” mentioned Littler, who additionally landed six 180s en path to victory. “My first European Tour occasion was right here. I need to win it once more, and performances like that can put me up there.
“Coming off the back of that [Premier League] win in Ireland, it’s set me up well, and I can’t wait to go again tomorrow.”
Humphries survives scare however Bunting, Rock, Wade and Aspinall all out
Elsewhere, world No 2 Luke Humphries was given a significant scare earlier than seeing off Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4.
Luke Humphries got here by way of a scare within the second spherical towards Dirk van Duijvenbode
Humphries had raced right into a 4-0 lead however his Dutch rival hit again and missed a dart to degree at 5-5, permitting the Englishman to capitalise and shut out victory with a 100.25 common.
Michael van Gerwen was additionally a 6-4 winner towards Mickey Mansell, whereas Jonny Clayton had few alarms in beating Sebastian Bialecki 6-3.
However James Wade and Stephen Bunting have been early casualties as they misplaced their second-round matches to Cristo Reyes and Andy Baetens respectively.
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Josh Rock was not in good spirits after a drubbing towards Worth in Dublin
Josh Rock, nonetheless winless in his debut Premier League Darts marketing campaign, continued his poor kind as he misplaced to Kim Huybrechts to finish the Saturday night time motion, whereas Nathan Aspinall was defeated by Ryan Joyce earlier within the afternoon.
2026 Lecot Belgian Darts Open outcomes and draw
Saturday, March 21
Spherical Two
Afternoon Session
Ross Smith 6-4 Cameron Menzies
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Ryan Meikle
Chris Dobey 6-3 Dave Chisnall
Ryan Searle 6-5 Ricky Evans
Martin Schindler 6-3 William O’Connor
Daryl Gurney 6-3 Damon Heta
Danny Noppert 6-3 Luke Woodhouse
Ryan Joyce 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
Night Session
Cristo Reyes 6-2 James Wade
Jonny Clayton 6-3 Sebastian Bialecki
Andy Baetens 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Niels Zonneveld 6-5 Mike De Decker
Luke Littler 6-2 Boris Krcmar
Luke Humphries 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Mickey Mansell
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Josh Rock
Sunday March 22
Spherical Three
Afternoon Session (1300 native time, 1200 GMT)
Luke Littler vs Niels Zonneveld
Danny Noppert vs Ryan Searle
Jonny Clayton vs Ross Smith
Andy Baetens vs Martin Schindler
Luke Humphries vs Jermaine Wattimena
Kim Huybrechts vs Chris Dobey
Michael van Gerwen vs Daryl Gurney
Cristo Reyes vs Ryan Joyce
Night Session (1900 native time, 1800 GMT)
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Remaining
What’s taking place on Premier League Evening Eight in Berlin?
Evening Eight of the BetMGM Premier League will happen in Berlin on Thursday March 26, as Littler begins his bid for a 3rd nightly victory of 2026 towards Bunting on the Mercedes-Benz Area.
League chief Clayton will tackle Rock within the night’s opener, Humphries and Van Gerwen additionally go head-to-head, whereas Worth takes on Van Veen for a spot within the semi-finals.
Quarter-Remaining fixtures for 14 of the 16 league nights are in draw bracket order, with fixtures for Evening Eight and Evening 16 decided by league standings heading into every night time.
Who will win this yr’s Premier League Darts? Luke Humphries shall be defending his title and you may watch the motion each single Thursday till Could on Sky Sports activities. Stream darts and extra high sport with NOW.
