Luke Humphries wins World Darts Masters with 6-5 win over Jonny Clayton
Humphries takes final leg shootout after Clayton came back from 5-2 down
Jonny Clayton beat Dimitri van den Bergh 5-2 in semi-finals
Luke Humphries defeated Danny Noppert 5-2
Clayton knocked out world champion Luke Littler in quarter-finals
Noppert beat defending champion Stephen Bunting
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Humphries 0-1 Noppert
And in the blink of an eye Danny Noppert wins the opening set against the world number one by holding his throw in the second leg.
Luke Humphries couldn't apply enough pressure as the Dutchman wins it in 15 darts.
Humphries 0-0 Noppert (0-1)
Really sloppy start that Danny Noppert wins on double two after Luke Humphries misses four shots at double.
A first 180 of the match from Noppert got him down to a finish first, but Humphries had the best chance gets the first 180 of the match to get down to a finish first.
Humphries 0-0 Noppert
The walk-ons have been done, the warm-ups complete. No let's play darts!
Humphries v Noppert
Image source, Getty ImagesLuke Humphries will know the tournament has opened up after Luke Littler was knocked out - but even before that the world number one fancied his chances in Milton Keynes.
As he told ITV4 after winning his quarter-final.
“Now I can go back for a nice sleep, come back tonight and hopefully I can perform at those levels again and if I do then it’s going to take a good performance to beat me.
“There’s a lot of great players left in it but if I can play like that then I’ll have a great chance.”
Humphries v Noppert
Alan Warriner-Little
Former World Grand Prix champion on ITV4
He's looking like the real deal at the moment, He's looking like the world number one.
Humphries v Noppert
Image source, Getty ImagesLuke Humphries has been relatively comfortable in Milton Keynes so far as he's beaten Josh Cullen 3-1, Josh Rock 4-0 and then Damon Heta 4-1.
Danny Noppert beat Michael Smith 3-1 in the first round and WIlliam O'Connor 4-0 in the second, before his thrilling victory over Stephen Bunting in a final leg decider.
Humphries v Noppert
Luke Humphries is world number one and 12 places above Danny Noppert in the rankings.
The 2024 world champion is also on top for televised titles, but we've seen already in this tournament that previous honours are no guarantee of success here.
Image source, Getty ImagesSo the World Masters is set play, just as we're used to at the World Championship, but the sets are shorter as they're just the best of three legs - rather than the traditional best of five.
It means there's still scope for big comebacks, unlike straight leg play where one player can run away with it, but there's not much room for error with just two out of three legs needed to win every set.
The format will hopefully produce another couple of belters tonight, although not everyone is a fan, Luke Littler may not be so keen on it right now after going out earlier today.
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World champion Luke Littler beaten. Defending champion Stephen Bunting out.
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Image source, Getty ImagesIt's not quite gone Luke Littler's way in the three tournaments he's played since he became the youngest ever PDC world champion.
He's only just turned 18 of course, so there's no real panic, but he's lost in the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters to Gerwyn Price, the semi-finals of the Dutch Darts Masters to Stephen Bunting and now a quarter-final exit at the World Masters against Jonny Clayton.
He's averaged 108, 99 and 105 in his three defeats though so not too much to worry about, and you wouldn't bet against him turning up and winning next time out.
Image source, Getty ImagesChances are that there will be a new name on the Masters roll of honour tonight.
Five-time winner Michael van Gerwen exited this year's competition on Saturday night and last year's champion Stephen Bunting went out this afternoon.
Just 2021 champion Jonny Clayton left in the final four...
Masters champions
It was an eventful afternoon of quarter-finals in Milton Keynes, with the main headline obviously being Luke Littler's shock exit.
Jonny Clayton's a former winner here but he was a massive underdog against the new world champion. The Welshman ran out a deserved winner though.
Defending champion Stephen Bunting also went out in a thriller with Danny Noppert while Luke Humphries and Dimitri van den Bergh were impressive winners.
Here's how the afternoon quarter-finals went and what we've got coming up for you tonight...
Quarter-final results
Evening Session
Semi-Finals
Final: TBC
Semi-Finals - Best of nine sets, best of three legs per set
Final - Best of 11 sets, best of three legs per set
Image source, PDCGood evening darts fans and welcome to our live text commentary on the PDC World Masters taking place in Milton Keynes.
We've got the semi-finals and final coming up for you tonight, after an eventful Sunday afternoon that saw the defending champion and current world champion both go out.
But fear not, although we've lost Luke Littler and Stephen Bunting we've still got world number one Luke Humphries, Dutch star Danny Noppert, Welsh wonder Jonny Clayton and the enigmatic Dimitri van den Bergh to keep you entertained tonight.
So there should still be some tungsten tipped sparks flying tonight...