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Luke Humphries secures first World Series title at the New Zealand Darts Masters

New Zealand Darts Masters 2024 | Day Two Preview and Order of Play

Jamie Shaw in New Zealand Darts Masters 17 Aug 2024
Smith and Humphries to head-to-head (Photo by PDC)

The 2024 World Series campaign draws a close on Friday as the final eight compete for the New Zealand Darts Masters title.

The seventh World Series silverware of the season is up for grabs at the Globox Arena as the PDC representatives vie for the £20,000 top prize.

An unmissable bumper session on Saturday sees the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final take place, kicking off with a showdown between Luke Littler and Dimitri van den Bergh.

The pair face off for the second time in seven days in a repeat of their thrilling contest in Wollongong which saw Littler prevail 7-6 with a 105 average to the Belgian’s 102.

Littler saw his title tilt ended emphatically by Gerwyn Price in last week’s final, but he has reached at least the semi-final stage in each of his World Series appearances this year and got off and running in Hamilton with a 6-3 success over Jonny Tata, averaging 102.2.

Van den Bergh is bidding for revenge over the Premier League champion, having secured his quarter-final spot with a 6-3 success over Kiwi qualifier Mark Cleaver on Friday.

Another tasty tie sees World Cup winning team-mates Luke Humphries and Michael Smith go head-to-head.

The duo paired up to claim glory for England in June but will resume solo duties as they battle for a semi-final berth in Hamilton.

Reigning World Champion and World Matchplay winner Humphries is yet to reach a final on the World Series, with his latest effort ending in a below-par 6-2 defeat to Van den Bergh in last week’s quarter-finals.

The world number one maintained his perfect record in Round One, however, by overcoming emerging talent Kayden Milne 6-3 with a 99 average on Friday.

Smith, a three-time World Series event winner, will be eyeing an improved display after registering the lowest winning average of the opening round (84.9) in recovering from 2-0 down to defeat DPA number one Jeremy Fagg 6-3.

Gerwyn Price resumes his quest for back-to-back World Series titles with a clash against European Champion Peter Wright.

Price picked up his third World Series silverware in Wollongong a week ago, following up June’s Nordic Masters triumph.

The 2021 World Champion landed five 180s in a 6-3 victory over Ben Robb in Round One and will be out to replicate the form which led him to a 6-1 rout of Wright in June’s US Masters with a 104.5 average.

Wright enjoyed a resurgent run to the semi-finals of the Australian Masters courtesy of wins over Simon Whitlock and Rob Cross, and he opened up his campaign in Hamilton in perfect style by whitewashing debutant Daniel Snookes.

Meanwhile, reigning champion Rob Cross steps up the defence of his title with a tie against Aussie number one Damon Heta.

Both players exited at this stage of the recent Australian Masters and face off for the first time since The Masters in February – when Heta prevailed 10-8.

Cross held his nerve to deny New Zealand number one Haupai Puha in a deciding leg for the second successive week, while Heta thrashed World Cup partner Simon Whitlock 6-1 with a 97.4 average and 75 per cent on the doubles.

The action gets under way from 8am BST, with First Round and Quarter-Final matches to be contested over the best of 11 legs, semi-finals best of 13 and the final best of 15.

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New Zealand Darts Masters 2024 Day Two Schedule

All times BST (local time +11 hours)

Saturday August 17

8am-12pm

Quarter-Finals
Luke Littler v Dimitri van den Bergh
Luke Humphries v Michael Smith
Gerwyn Price v Peter Wright
Rob Cross v Damon Heta

Semi-Finals
Littler/Van den Bergh v Humphries/Smith
Price/Wright v Cross/Heta

Final

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