Nordic Darts Masters: Luke Humphries and Jonny Clayton reach quarter -finals after last leg shootings; Luke Little also advances | Darts News
Luke Humphries and Jonny Clayton came through Jittery shoots on the last leg leg, while Luke Littler advanced despite his best, because the Eight Elite PDC players have all progressed around the quarter -finals of the Nordic Darts Masters.
Humphries in the world n ° 1 – Playing his first match since his first first League title victory a little over a week ago – stung the Madars Razma 6-5 from Latvia, pulling as much as possible, then a 125 match match fund in the decisive leg in Copenhagen.
Razma had retaliated by 5-2 in the middle of four missed match darts of Humphries, who will face the defending champion Gerwyn Price in the last eight Saturday evening after the Iceman saw the Cor Dekker 6-3 of Norway in the second match of the night.
CLAYTON – who recorded a finish of 170 at the roof – spent an even nervous moment that Humphries, a surviving two missed match darts from Darius Labanauskas from Lithuania and avoiding four of his family, before he sends a D5 to reserve a last appointment with the head of the Stephen Bunting, a 6-3 victory on Oskar Lukasiak.
Littler progresses after slow start
The last 16 opposed eight PDC names households and a byte of Nordic stars and Balts, with the most firm world champion Littler of the favorites while he was fighting against Viktor Tingstrom of Sweden.
However, the Nuke was slow to start, on average in the 70s through the first two legs, before a recovery of shape includes a 12-plans break in the seventh stage and finally saw it prevails 6-3.
Luke Little was not at his best because he did the last eight in Copenhagen
However, the derisory visits of 30 and nine contributed to Litler on average 90.19 and he will probably have to improve in his quarter-final against Nathan Aspinall, who bleached the Danish favorite of Benjamin Reus 6-0.
Aspinall – The winner of European darts opened in Germany last week – was strongly used by fans of the house, but presented a stellar finishing exhibition, including a 138 cash register, then another of 92 after having finished with successive D18s.
Reus missed his five attempts to double and has not yet won a leg in the history of this tournament, after being swept away in his four games.
Nathan Aspinall White-Lash in the lime Benjamin Reus 6-0 Friday evening
The last quarter-final will set up Chris Dobey against Rob Cross, the former leaf Jeffrey de Graaf 6-2 and the second saw Andreas Harrysson 6-4 in the first round.
Harrysson, who won notable victories against the former world champion Raymond Van Barneveld and Michael Smith in Leverkusen last week, did a cross test, before the tension victory, by hitting consecutive D18s.
Nordic Darts Masters – Tour results first
- Chris Dobey 6-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
- Gerwyn Price 6-3 Cor Dekker
- Rob Cross 6-4 Andreas Harrysson
- Luke Humphries 6-5 Madars Razma
- Nathan Aspinall 6-0 Benjamin Reus
- Luke Littler 6-3 Viktor Tingstrom
- Stephen Bunting 6-3 Oskar Lukasiak
- Jonny Clayton 6-5 Darius Labanauskas
Planning of remaining Nordic dart masters
Quarter -finals (from 6 p.m., Saturday)
- Stephen Bunting vs Jonny Clayton
- Luke Littles against Nathan Aspinall
- Rob Cross vs Chris Dobey
- Gerwyn Price against Luke Humphries
Semi-finals and final to follow
Watch the World Cup of darts on Sky Sports
THE Dart World Cup, From June 12 to 15 in Frankfurt, is live on Sky Sports while Humphries and Littler seek to keep the title for England, after Humphries and Michael Smith triumphed from last year.
THE World Matchplay In Blackpool is then live on Sky Sports from July 19 to 27, with Humphries to defend his crown after beating Michael Van Gerwen 18-15 in the 2024 final at the Winter Gardens.
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