Littler won the double in/double out tournament for the first time. Earlier this week, things almost went wrong for the 18-year-old Englishman in the quarter-finals against Gerwyn Price, who squandered three match arrows.

Danny Noppert was the best Dutchman in Leicester. De Fries lost to Humphries in the semi-finals. Michael van Gerwen, six-time winner, lost in the opening round against the later quarter-finalist Dirk van Duijvenbode.

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