World primary Luke Littler gained his fifth evening of the Premier League Darts season to return to the highest of the desk.
The 19-year-old backed up his win in Liverpool final week with one other spectacular efficiency in Aberdeen to climb above Jonny Clayton.
The pair are already assured a spot on the season-ending play-offs at London’s O2 Enviornment on 28 Might, nevertheless it was a giant evening for the chasing pack with world quantity two Luke Humphries reaching simply his second remaining of the season.
He took Littler to a last-leg decider – the fourth between the pair in 13 weeks – however the teenager got here out on prime.
Humphries broke in leg seven, capitalising on Littler lacking on bullseye, after which held to maneuver inside one leg of a primary evening win of the yr.
However Littler, who’s now one evening win away from matching his record-breaking tally of six final yr, claimed three legs on the spin.
He broke in leg 10 arrange the decider and regardless of lacking three match darts on his favorite double 10, he wrapped victory together with his fourth.
In a high-quality affair, Littler averaged 104.11 to Humphries’ 103.10.
“I at all times need to be on the highest and I believe Jonny [Clayton], I do not know if he is a lot bothered about it,” Littler advised Sky Sports activities.
“He simply needs to get to the O2 and, clearly, we have each bought Qs subsequent to our names.
“Now it’s simply time to chase and hopefully break my very own data.”
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