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Nine-Dart Littler Stretches Lead At Premier League Summit

Nine-Dart Littler Stretches Lead At Premier League Summit

Alex Moss |

A Week In Darts - March 21, 2025 – Littler Claims Third Nightly Win To Extend Lead At The Top Of The Premier League

Luke Littler struck perfection as the Premier League made its annual stop in Wales, whilst Martin Schindler and Gary Anderson claimed Players Championship titles in Germany. Here’s our round-up of all the action...

PERFECTION FOR LITTLER IN CARDIFF

Luke Littler hit a nine darter on his way to a third nightly title of the season in the Premier League in Cardiff last night.

The 18-year-old threw the perfect leg during his 6-4 win against Michael van Gerwen in the final, a match which saw ‘The Nuke’ average 112 and land 10 maximums.

With Luke Humphries and Rob Cross also landing perfection in Brighton a fortnight ago, Littler’s nine-dart leg yesterday makes it a record-equalling three nine darters in a single Premier League campaign after just seven weeks of action.

The latest title for Littler sees him stretch his lead at the top of the Premier League table to six points, with the reigning champion currently joined by Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price in the play-off spots.

“I had been playing very well but I must admit I hadn’t picked up my darts since last Thursday,” Littler said.

“I had no idea that nine-darter was in, I just had to wait for Huw (Ware, referee) to call it.

“I just want to get to The O2 as quickly as possible. I am aiming for another 21 points, and I have put myself in a really good position.

“I said last year I didn’t care about finishing top, but as I am there now I may as well stay here!”

Littler’s run to the title in Cardiff started with a 6-3 win against Nathan Aspinall, before beating Rob Cross 6-2 to progress to a fourth consecutive Premier League final.

A World Championship final rematch with van Gerwen saw Littler throw the perfect leg in leg four, before his Dutch rival rallied with back-to-back legs to level at 3-3.

With the score at 4-4, Littler broke the van Gerwen throw again to move 5-4 in front and then wrapped up a 6-4 win with an 11 darter on throw.

The Premier League season continues with night eight in Newcastle next Thursday (March 27).

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MORE HISTORY FOR SCHINDLER

Martin Schindler became the most successful German player in PDC history after winning his third senior title at Players Championship 8 on Tuesday.

The German number one defeated Jeffrey de Graaf 8-1 in the final to pick up his first Players Championship title in Hildesheim earlier this week.

‘The Wall’ had opened his account with a pair of victories on the European Tour last year, and followed that up with a maiden title on the floor as he moved clear of Max Hopp as the German with the most PDC senior tournament wins.

“If I am honest, I haven’t played great today but I have managed to win my games and that is the most important thing I guess,” Schindler said.

“I always thought the first title I would win would be a Players Championship one, but then I got the two European Tour titles. I don’t care how they have come but I am so happy right now."

The 28-year-old survived two match darts against Patrick Geeraets in the semi-finals, as the Dutchman led 6-3 before missing two darts at double 16 for a place in his first final.

Schindler won the last four legs to win 7-6 and edge through to the final, where he made light work of Sweden’s de Graaf, racing into a 5-0 lead and taking out a 126 finish on his way to an 8-1 victory.

“Fair play to Patrick but he wasn’t playing great, and I was just thinking I could be doing better," Schindler said.

"I thought just give it a little bit more and maybe it will be enough. Like I said, I haven’t played great but I am very happy to now win my third title.”

30 UP FOR ANDERSON

Gary Anderson won his 30th Players Championship title after beating Adam Lipscombe 8-3 in Monday’s Players Championship 7 final.

‘The Flying Scotsman’ ended first-time finalist Lipscombe’s dream run in Hildesheim, with his opponent reaching the final in just his eighth event since winning a PDC tour card in January.

Anderson produced a trio of 100+ averages on his run to the title and also overcame the World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker in the semi-finals, before defeating Lipscombe to end a six-month wait for a PDC title.

"The last few months has been hard for me," the 54-year-old said.

"I've been struggling since December so it's nice to win one.

"I'm still enjoying playing darts but sometimes my body doesn't play ball; I'll keep going.

"Fair play to Adam, I expect him to do well and put a hole in the rankings."

Lipscombe’s sensational run to the final saw him claim the scalps of Damon Heta, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Willie O’Connor, as he took home £10,000 in prize money to boost his hopes of a debut at the PDC World Darts Championship in December.

The PDC ProTour resumes with the European Darts Trophy in Gottingen this weekend, followed by another pair of Players Championship events in Leicester (March 31-April 1).

Pictures: Kieran Cleeves/PDC

Alex Moss is a content creator for Darts Corner and the co-host of the Weekly Dartscast podcast. Alex co-founded the Weekly Dartscast in 2017 and has helped produce 350+ episodes of the podcast, with their list of previous guests on the show a who’s who in the world of darts.

Alex also writes content for the Darts Corner blog, including the weekly darts news round-ups and how-to guides.

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