Premier League Darts 2025: Gerwyn Worth stuns Luke Littler to win Evening Six in Nottingham

Gerwyn Worth shocked Luke Littler 6-3 within the ultimate to win Evening Six of the Premier League in Nottingham.

It’s Worth’s second nightly win of 2025 after he picked up the 6-3 win over Nathan Aspinall on Evening Three in Dublin and the win strikes him to 3rd within the desk on 12 factors.

Regardless of his loss within the ultimate, Littler now sits prime of the Premier League desk on 16 factors, with Luke Humphries in second on 15, and Michael van Gerwen making up the present prime 4 on 10 factors.

In the beginning of the evening, Humphries sat two factors clear on the prime of the desk however together with his quarter-final loss which means he left Nottingham with out including factors to his tally, Littler usurped his namesake.

“The first game is always tough, you’re scraping to get two points. After I get a few then I relax a bit,” Worth advised Sky Sports activities.

“I did it towards MVG and I wished to get one other win over Luke, simply to maintain on prime. He is probably the greatest on this planet and he will be for the following few years. He’ll get higher and higher.

“I praise him every single day. I think he’ll beat Phil Taylor’s record and there is no one in the PDC that will stop him. There’s only the younger generations that can stop him, we can’t stop him. He’s going to get better and better.”

Within the ultimate, Worth got here out firing and shortly took three legs on the spin and the momentum within the encounter, doubling eluding the 18-year-old Littler in key moments.

A 123 end on the bull then reinstated the Welshman’s three-leg cushion and regardless of Littler discovering a break, Worth broke straight again to go one leg approach from victory.

The ‘Iceman’ determined to then end issues in model, taking out 100 on tops, with 55 per cent success on the doubles, to maintain himself effectively and really within the dialog as a Premier League contender.

Worth demolishes MVG and leaves Bunting pointless

Worth booked his spot within the ultimate with a mind-blowing 6-1 victory over Van Gerwen, protecting the ‘Inexperienced Machine’ ready to achieve his first ultimate of 2025.

Worth was in electrical kind and restricted Van Gerwen’s doubling alternatives, which allowed him to choose up an unbelievable 5 legs on the spin with a 128 checkout on the way in which.

Van Gerwen managed to carry his throw to convey the rating to 5-1 nevertheless it solely delayed the inevitable because the ‘Iceman’ pinned tops to maintain his evening in Nottingham going.

Worth began his evening by inflicting a troublesome 6-4 defeat on Stephen Bunting, leaving the St Helens man ready one other week to choose up his first factors of the match.

After Worth moved right into a 5-3 lead, Bunting majestically reeled within the Large Fish to convey the rating to 5-4 nevertheless it was too little too late because the Welshman simply held his throw to substantiate the victory on tops.

Littler places on bullseye present en path to ultimate

Littler put in an unbelievable efficiency towards Rob Cross within the semi-finals, his staggering 108 common serving to him cruise to a 6-3 win.

Not solely did the reigning world champion discover six maximums, he took out 164, 127 and 167 finishes all on the bullseye, taking the final three legs on the spin to complete his dominant burst of excellence.

He had additionally began the evening with a sensational 6-4 victory over rival Humphries.

It was as soon as once more a high-class encounter between the world no 1 and world no 2, a break of throw within the eighth leg with a 164 checkout on the bull proving decisive for the 18-year-old as he frequently countered breaks of throw from Humphries, put the darts in his favour, and levelled the match at 4-4.

With Littler then breaking ‘Cool Hand’ as soon as once more within the tenth leg, he wrapped up the win and made the highest of the desk nearer than ever.

Within the different quarter-finals, Cross began the evening with an excellent doubling efficiency, hitting six out of seven on the outer ring, to wrap up a complete 6-2 victory over Chris Dobey.

In the meantime, Van Gerwen got here by a troublesome 6-4 battle with Nathan Aspinall to guide his spot within the semi-finals.

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