Luke Littler set his tone in the quarter-finals with a nine-dart leg. He is the second player after Phil Taylor to hit one in the World Series. Premier League Darts returns to Sky Sports on Thursday 1 February as Cardiff begin a 17-week extravaganza
18:04, UK, Friday 19 January 2024
Luke Littler made a sensational start to the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters with nine darts in the opening leg against Nathan Aspinall.
This was the second nine-darter pitcher in the World Series, the first being Phil Taylor.
Littler also had an incredible 9-dart leg, hit the 180s twice, and then hit double 12 for a score of 141, making him the youngest player with perfect legs on the Senior Tour.
The nine darters set the tone for the game, and from there Littler was too strong for the fourth seed, averaging over 100 points into the matchup. gerwyn price In the semifinals.
After hitting the nine-darter, Littler admitted he was just focused on winning each match.
“After I hit, Nas said, ‘It’s just a throw,’ and I thought, ‘I know who I am,'” Littler said. ITV Sports.
“But I’m really happy that we won. We played really well there.
“It’s really good to have a show on TV and obviously the first show of the year goes to me.
“I hope the list goes on and hopefully I can hit a few more.
“We take each game seriously, and if we win, we win, but if we lose the next game, that’s it. But we’re not thinking about losing, we’re only thinking about winning.”
The second semi-final will see a reenactment of the 2023 World Darts Championship final. michael van gerwen face michael smith.
How did the rest of the quarterfinal matches go?
Luke HumphriesPrice defeated the world champion 6-4 in the quarterfinals, ending his winning streak at 20.
Smith took the spoils with a 6-1 win over Peter Wright, but Snakebite was unable to maintain his throw throughout the match.
Both men averaged in the low 90s, but Wright struggled to double and conceded the spoils to the 2023 Bahrain Masters champion.
It was a close battle between Rob Cross and Van Gerwen, but in the end the Green Machine won 6-4 and booked their place in the semi-finals.
Both players had average performances, but MVG showed his class in the 10th leg with a slow-break 123 checkout and the eventual victory.
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