Luke Littler and Luke Humphries are set to resume their growing rivalry in the Swiss Darts Trophy on Sunday after both won their opening matches in Basel.
Littler ends his home hopes at Basel and falls to St. Paul’s. Jakobshalle defied a slow start to secure a 6-3 win over the lively Bruno Stockli with three scores of 180 and a high checkout of 145.
‘The Nuke’, who is seeking a remarkable 10th title of the year, will next face Humphries after the world champion began his campaign by seeing off Richard, averaging 100.7 and hitting six of his seven double attempts. . Veenstra.
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Littler won the Premier League in his debut season, beating Humphries 11–7 in the final.
Littler has beaten Humphries six times since losing at Alexandra Palace in January. This included winning the O2 in London in the Premier League play-offs, but ‘Cool Hand’ was better than the 17-year-old at the European Grand Prix. Sindelfingen, Germany and recently the Darts Masters in New Zealand.
James Wade extended Gerwyn Price’s winless streak on the European Tour with a fourth straight loss at 4-2.
Stephen Bunting produced a mid-match burst to deny Michael Smith, overturning a 4-1 deficit and beating the world number two in a last-leg thriller.
Raymond van Barneveld, who won 6-2 over Joe Cullen on Friday with an average of 102.47, advanced to Sunday’s match with a 6-5 win over Ricardo Pietreczko.
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Highlights from the 2024 World Darts Championship final between Humphries and teenage sensation Littler.
2024 Swiss Darts Trophy
second round
afternoon session
Callan Leeds 6-4 Gian van Wien
Ryan Searle 6-1 Roger Hertig
Rob Cross 6-2 Andrew Gilding
Josh Rock 6-4 Jermaine Wattimina
Madars Razma 6-5 Damon Heta
Ross Smith 6-4 Mike De Decker
Darryl Gurney 6-2 Karel Sedracek
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Danny No Putt
evening session
Martin Schindler 6-1 Anton Ostlund
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Michael Smith
James Wade 6-4 Gerwin Price
Luke Humphreys 6-2 Richard Veenstra
Luke Littler 6-3 Bruno Stokely
Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 Riccardo Pietrecco
Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Dave Chisnall
What will be Sky Sports’ next live darts?
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Take a look back at the best action from the thrilling World Grand Prix in Leicester
The 2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix is next on the Sky Sports Darting calendar.
The annual £600,000 tournament will take place at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena from October 7-13. The tournament sees 32 of the world’s biggest stars compete for the coveted title won by Luke Humphries.
Humphries celebrated his first TV rankings title with a win over Gerwyn Price in last year’s tournament, and the world number one will return to defend his title later this year.
Six-time champion Michael van Gerwen will also star, while teenage superstar Luke Littler is ready to make a double-start debut for the East Midlands.
Unlike last year, the semifinals will be played best of 9 sets on Saturday, October 12th, and the final set will be played best of 11 sets on Sunday, October 13th.
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