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Luke Humphries fired a stunning nine-dart to beat Luke Woodhouse in dramatic fashion at the Winmau World Masters, sending Luke Littler into the quarter-finals.
Humphreys produced his first “perfect leg” of the tournament this year to end the second set against Woodhouse, who fought back from 3-1 down to take the second round to a decider in Milton Keynes.
The defending champion missed a match dart in the fifth set and wasted three more darts in a tense final set to send the match into the final leg, where Humphries held serve to win by a narrow margin and set up a meeting with Danny Norpert in the quarter-finals.
Humphreys hit nine darts in 4-3 win over Luke Woodhouse
Norpert defeated Stephen Bunting in straight sets, Josh Locke swept past former world champion Rob Cross 4-1, and Littler eased into the quarter-finals by beating Ross Smith by the same margin in a high-scoring match.
Littler, who posted an average of 107.88 and eight perfect scores in a match in which he was described as “unplayable” in his opening match, moved a step closer to securing one of the two PDC Ranking TV Slams missing from his glittering darts resume.
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Ross Smith reacts to another 11-dart from rival Luke Littler to take a three-set lead at the Winmau World Masters
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A staggering 161 in the third set – with a knot weighing more than four tonnes from Price – swung the match back in his favour, and he missed five match darts in the decider before finishing with a 14-dart victory.
price will face next Chris DobieLeading 3-1 against Damon Heta but eventually winning by the same margin, the Englishman scored a crucial 127 to break serve in the deciding set.
first appearance Jean van Veen Aspinall outscored the Dutchman thanks to a poor shot from Nathan Aspinall, but he hit just 19% of his double darts, missing eight darts in the final leg.
Van Veen’s reward is a quarter-final showdown James WadeFighting back from 2-0 down to beat Gary Anderson 4-3 to reach the quarter-finals in Milton Keynes for the first time since 2021.
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Sunday’s Winmau World Masters schedule
Afternoon session (1300 GMT)
quarterfinals (Order to be confirmed)
Best of seven sets
Luke Littler v Josh Locke
Chris Dobie v Gwen Price
Luke Humphries v Danny Noppert
Gian Van Veen v James Wade
Evening session (1900 GMT)
semifinals
Best of nine sets
final
Best results of 11 groups
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