Luke Littler takes on Michael Van Gerwen in World Darts Championship final at Dutch Darts Masters as world number 1 Luke Humphries (Luke Humphries) collapsed in the first round.

After becoming the youngest world champion in the sport’s history at the start of 2025, Littler defended his Bahrain Masters title earlier this month against Gerwyn Price. Hands suffered a quarter-final exit.

He will now look to take a step back from his 8-6 loss to Van Gerwen at the 2024 Dutch Darts Masters, where the pair will meet again on Saturday night.

Littler, who turned 18 on Tuesday, battled “Dreamer” Dimitri van den Bergh, which he won 6-4, Both kept breaking each other down throughout.

After Littler’s brilliant 134 checkout in the second over, his defining moment came when he nailed a 102 checkout to hold on to the throw, move back for 4-4 and then again Break the throw.

He then ended the match in some style, with two maxes setting him up to 51, where he nailed his favorite D10.

Van Gerwen made his first showing since his World Darts Championship final loss at Alexandra Palace while defending his Dutch Darts Masters title. A good start, with Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode taking a comprehensive 6-1 victory.

After breaking his opponent to advance 3-1, Van Gerwen won five consecutive legs to set up a 14th match against the reigning world champion. The victory went 7-6 in Littler’s favor, with his world win giving him the lead.

Wattimina, Barney, Doets strike out in the night

Jermaine Wattimena Put on a fast-paced and intense performance, defeating World No. 1 Humphries 6-3 and upset with a 6-3 victory.

The 2024 world champion led 2-0, but from there it was all Wattimina with five incredible legs in a row, nailing checkouts of 153 and 111 on the way.

The Dutch will now compete with Rob Cross In the quarter-finals he bounced back from an early exit in Bahrain with a 6-3 win over Richard Veenstra, a 100 checkout, plus three crucial Get steals and help him get to the line.

On a disturbing night, a hometown hero Raymond Van Barneveld It also shocked Chris Dobey to reach the quarter-finals as the last decision-maker.

Producing maximum entertainment in a tense clash with ‘Hollywood’, Van Barneveld rallied with the crowd behind him to win in spectacular fashion, nailing a sensational finish of 144 account.

Douby missed a dart and was punished, and the five-time world champion was visibly emotional after the win.

The Dutch will now face Stephen Buntingsurvived a last-leg shootout with Gian Van Veen to win 6-5.

Bunting, who came into the game having won his first World Series in Bahrain, showed that the ‘Bullets’ found a crucial breakthrough in the sixth over, averaging over 100.

Van Veen, who was also throwing some quality darts, picked up the game all the way after a leg-break in 11 before the bunting pinned 70 on D16 to wrap things up.

Kevin Doets As he sailed past Nathan Aspinall, he also left his mark until Saturday’s Dutch Darts Masters.

Doets stunned former world champion Michael Smith at the World Darts Championship, where he was on fire, checking out 138 times, 60% of his doubles and adding three more in a huge 6-1 defeat.

he now faces Gerwyn price With his 6-2 win over Danny Noppert, “The Iceman” continued his form with a massive 124 checkout and an average of 101.85 to distinguish himself.

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