Luke Littler sealed his place in the Premier League Darts play-offs by securing a fourth night victory of the season and a second in a row by beating Rob Cross in the Aberdeen final.
Littler, who leads second-placed Luke Humphries by eight points, secured a place in the top four by dispatching Michael Smith 6-1 in the semi-final, a match in which he averaged 110 and enjoyed a rate success rate of 86 percent. with finishes weighing more than three tonnes.
The 17-year-old then beat Cross 6-4 in the final on night 14, the same player he had knocked out to triumph at Liverpool a week earlier, as he added to his back-to-back triumphs in Belfast and Manchester earlier. in the competition.
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Littler silenced the crowd after scoring a 6-5 victory over Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals
Humphries is also now assured of a play-off place at London’s O2 Arena on Thursday May 23, despite being eliminated in the semi-final by Cross, whose hopes of a top-four finish were boosted as he came within seven points of fourth place. placed Michael van Gerwen.
Humphries had earned a bye to the semi-finals after his scheduled opponent, Gerwyn Price, withdrew due to a back injury, with Price no longer able to place in the top four.
The two points accumulated by world number 1 Humphries for the victory took him to 28 for the campaign and left Van Gerwen, Smith, Cross and Nathan Aspinall battling for the final two play-off places over the final two weeks of the regular season, at Leeds. on Thursday My 9 and Sheffield on Thursday May 16.
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