World Champion Luke Littler endured a below-par day as he suffered one other early exit, whereas Josh Rock secured the Gamers Championship 10 title on Tuesday.
The Warrington ace may solely hit the heights of 97.82 as he went out 6-4 to Scott Williams, who averaged 86, of their quarter-final showdown in Leicester.
Rock, in the meantime, defeated Williams 7-5 within the semi-finals, earlier than beating Cameron Menzies 8-4 within the closing for his first PDC title of 2025 and fourth ever Gamers Championship one.
“It was probably my scoring right throughout the day. I felt like I had important checkouts at the right times. When it comes to three darts for a checkout, I’ve been hitting the ton-plus checkouts, thankfully,” Rock stated after victory.
“It feels completely incredible. I am racking them up [PDC titles]. It is my fifth on the PDC Tour, however I nonetheless wish to show it on the majors.
“There’s a lot to tick off the list. Being a seed doesn’t mean anything, it’s whoever you play in front of you. The game of darts has gone through the roof. I’m not here for money, I’m here to win titles.”
Littler beat Adam Lipscombe and Dimitri Van den Bergh each by a 6-3 scoreline, after which got here via in opposition to Jim Williams 6-4 and Justin Hood 6-2 earlier than bowing out to Boston star Williams, who averaged 86, within the final eight.
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Relive the total match from Littler’s emphatic victory over Luke Humphries to maneuver eight factors clear on the high of the Premier League desk
Williams reached the final 4 of a ProTour event for the primary time since 2023, however bowed out to a red-hot Josh Rock, who averaged a whopping 110.34 and hit an excellent 150 checkout in a 6-1 demolition in opposition to Martin Schindler earlier than seeing off Williams 7-5.
Cameron Menzies edged out Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 within the quarter-finals, hitting 10 140s, with the Scot then defeating Michael Smith 7-5 to achieve Tuesday’s closing.
Stephen Bunting confirmed glimpses of his greatest type forward of Thursday night time’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Nathan Aspinall in Berlin.
‘The Bullet’ averaged a exceptional 111.72 to beat Mike De Decker for a fifth successive match. He smashed in six out of eight doubles and hit an excellent 167 on the way in which to attaining a 6-3 win however then misplaced in disappointing trend to ‘Bully Boy’ 6-1 within the final eight.
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