Luke Littler fires tournament-record common at Czech Darts Open after switching darts to thrash Nathan Aspinall | Darts Information

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Luke Littler produced a tournament-record common on the Gambrinus Czech Darts Open on Saturday evening, as Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Martin Schindler and new star Mike De Decker additionally shone in Prague.

Premier League champion Littler has already gained two European Tour titles throughout his debut season as an expert, and opened his bid for a 3rd success in gorgeous style.

Having trialled utilizing a brand new design of darts in the course of the midweek Gamers Championship occasions, Littler returned in fashion to the set-up which he has used for a lot of an unimaginable yr.

He was in blistering kind to common 110.43 towards Nathan Aspinall in a 6-1 win, producing a ending masterclass with 91, 128, 88 and 124 mixtures in a nice efficiency.

“I’m happy with that,” stated Littler, who meets Damon Heta within the third spherical on Sunday afternoon. “I do know what I can throw with these darts and that is why I did not play with the gold ones.

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Mike De Decker believes he wants extra expertise earlier than he performs within the Premier League.

“There was load of talk about changing my darts so I’ve come here this weekend and made the decision to go back to what I know best, and they went well tonight. If I play like this again tomorrow I’ll be very happy.”

Heta had earlier booked his spot within the final 16 with a 6-3 defeat of Gabriel Clemens, averaging over 102 himself as he moved right into a mouth-watering tie with Littler.

Czech Darts Open: Third spherical draw

Niels Zonneveld vs Ricardo Pietreczko, Jonny Clayton vs Michael Smith, Pavel Drtil vs Kim Huybrechts, Raymond van Barneveld vs Jermaine Wattimena, Alan Soutar vs Michael van Gerwen, Damon Heta vs Luke Littler, Luke Humphries vs Gian van Veen
Mike De Decker v Martin Schindler

World Champion Humphries produced a key 10-darter and averaged over 100 as he raced previous Ritchie Edhouse for the lack of simply two legs.

“It was a decent performance but I know I can improve,” stated Humphries, who’s aiming for a second European Tour title of 2024. “I feel like there’s another level in me – I’m not playing my best but I manage to be doing the right things at the right time. I want to be back to my fluent best.”

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Luke Humphries claimed a 6-2 win over Ritchie Edhouse on Saturday evening

Humphries now meets Gian van Veen – who gained by means of to the PDC Winmau World Youth Championship closing on Monday and continued that kind to defeat James Wade 6-2.

Van Gerwen – a 37-time European Tour winner – was one other stand-out performer in Saturday’s second spherical as he overcame a resurgent Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4, averaging 104.56 and hitting 5 180s alongside two 11-dart breaks of throw.

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Michael van Gerwen impressed to breeze into the final 16 in Prague

Mike De Decker’s very good run of kind continued with a whitewash of Danny Noppert, as the brand new BoyleSports World Grand Prix champion stormed into Sunday’s Finals Day at PVA Expo in Prague. De Decker was in ruthless temper as he averaged 102.48 and took out a 150 end to defeat Noppert, who was restricted to only one dart at a double.

Finals Day begins with the third spherical on Sunday afternoon, earlier than the event concludes with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and closing in a blockbuster night session later that day.

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