Premier League Darts results: Luke Humphries beats Chris Dobey for Belfast win, Luke Littler loses
Van Gerwen reached the semi-finals in the final at Alexandra Palace last month, with Littler becoming Darts’ youngest world champion, Age 17 years old.
Van Gerwen Criticize the teenager’s time management on Wednesday’s Media Day.
Littler asked his companions to wait for 45 minutes and said he had gone to bed after a nap in the morning.
“They need to stop treating him like a baby. He is no longer a baby, he is 18 now,” Van Gerwen said.
Littler said before the game: “He’s right, I’m late. I’m 18 years old now and I’m responsible for my behavior, and I’m really a bit talking about it.”
When Littler’s 161 checkout was 2-2 before the two arrived at Oche, there was no hang.
Van Gerwen scored 114 in a 4-3 lead but before the Dutch finally won by eight points, he nailed four darts and Littler nailed Bursey ( Bullseye) Forces a decision-maker.
Humphries beat Nathan Aspinall 6-2, while Stephen Bunting returns to the Premier League after a decade to 6-4 The results are over.
Dobey beat the tidy up in his debut match when he beat Wales’ 2021 world champion Gerwyn Price 6-4.
