James Wade defeated Luke Littler 6-5 in the opening round of Players Championship 4.
Wade took a two-leg lead with a crucial break of throw, then held his throw in the fifth leg to go 4-1 up.
Littler brought a leg back at 4-2 as he held his throw, back-to-back 140s in the seventh leg helping him to a break of throw before a hold secured three in a row and brought the clash to 4-4.
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Michael van Gerwen edged Luke Littler 6-5 in a dramatic last-leg decider on night two of Premier League Darts
With the match then poised at 5-5, and Wade with the throw, he found a 140 followed by a 138 to eventually leave 10 for the match, which he took out for victory.
Where does the Premier League head next?
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Luke Littler stuns Nathan Aspinall in the opening leg of the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters by hitting a nine-darter
Premier League Darts now heads to the Newcastle’s Utilita Arena next Thursday night.
Price stars on Night Four as he takes on Michael van Gerwen in a repeat of last year’s final, while Littler faces Peter Wright, Michael Smith goes up against Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross battles world champion and No 1 Luke Humphries.
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