Luke Humphries has successfully started the new season of the Premier League Darts. World champion Luke Littler, on the other hand, lost his opening match – with an average of 113.91.
Luke Humphries prevailed on the first match day of the Premier League Darts in Belfast against Nathan Aspinall (6: 2), Michael van Gerwen (6: 5) and Chris Dobey (6: 1) and thus collected the first five points for the table.
As a day winner, the 29-year-old can also look forward to a bonus price money of £ 10,000 (around 12,000 euros), which, like all other income from the Premier League, does not flow into the world rankings.
“I think this is the hardest Premier League for a long time. Evening like this, this may not happen as often as you want it,” Humphries told Sky Sports.
“I haven’t had a good start in the past two years, so it is nice to have a good start,” added “Cool Hand Luke”: “I did a lot last year and I hope that I would create the same thing this year . “
Darts world champion Littler loses erroneous match
Humphries had reached the final in 2024, in which he had to give up with 7:11 against Luke Littler.
Littler lost his opening match against Michael van Gerwen in Belfast on Thursday evening. In the new edition of the World Cup final, the 18-year-old played an Average of 113.91-“MVG” with 105.91 points per recording also at world-class level and made the revenge for the defeat at the past world championship.
The Dutch then defeated Humphries in the semi-finals in the Decider, which could not be stopped at the start of the new Premier League season.
Overview of the first Premier League game day:
Quarter -finals:
Chris Dobey 6: 4 Gerwyn Price
Stephen Bunting 4: 6 Rob Cross
Luke Littler 5: 6 Michael van Gerwen
Nathan Aspinall 2: 6 Luke Humphries
Semi -finals:
Chris Dobey 6: 4 Rob Cross
Michael van Gerwen 5: 6 Luke Humphries
Final:
Chris Dobey 1: 6 Luke Humphries