Achi news desk-
Luke Littler edged out Luke Humphries in a final leg decider to end the world champion’s Premier League winning streak on night nine in Belfast.
Following successive victories in Brighton, Nottingham and Dublin, world No.1 Humphries had opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the table.
Littler, though, had already beaten Humphries in each of their last three meetings since the world final at Alexandra Palace.
The 17-year-old, who had dropped to fifth in the Premier League table, after a quarter-final defeat against Michael Smith in Dublin last week, forced an early break to open a 2-0 lead.
However, Humphries soon recovered to level the quarter-finals at the SSE Arena, and the match continued into the deciding leg.
The world champion sat on a check of 170, but missed the second treble 20 which gave Littler the chance to take a 68 on double 10 and move on to the semi-finals.
Littler hit seven maximums with a match average of 102.02, and goes on to play Michael Van Gerwen, the reigning Premier League champion.
Dutchman Van Gerwen came from 4-2 down against former world champion Michael Smith to take the last four stages, securing victory at the 150 checkout.
