World champion Luke Littler defeats world number one Luke Humphries 6-5 in a last-leg decider to win night two of the Premier League in Glasgow.
World champion Luke Littler defeated world number one Luke Humphries 6-5 in a last-leg decider to win night two of the Premier League in Glasgow.
Despite that, and his frustration at whistling in the crowd, Humphries took a 5-4 lead before Littler won the next two legs in a performance which saw a 170 checkout, 55% doubles success and an average of 101.03 compared to his opponent's 93.68. Littler had not reached the final in the previous six tournaments he had played since last month's world title win, despite averaging more than 105 in four of those defeats.
Humphries, victor on night one in Belfast a week ago, produced two comeback wins in Glasgow, winning four consecutive legs to beat Price in the semi-finals, having achieved the same feat against Chris Dobey.Littler became the first player to come from 5-1 down to win a match in the current Premier League format as he defeated 2018 world champion Cross 6-5 in the opener.
Each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven in the quarter-finals in weeks 1-7 and 9-15, with weeks 8 and 16's fixtures done off the table. It means we will get fourth v fifth in Sheffield on the final league-stage night, with the play-off spots potentially on the line.
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