Luke Humphries and Gerwyn Price will face off for the Boylesports World Grand Prix title, as both came through their semi-finals in Leicester on Saturday evening.
Price booked his place in the showpiece first, as he started too strongly for Nathan Aspinall, eventually taking a 5-2 win against the Stockport man.
The Markham native romped to the opening set without reply or Aspinall having a dart at a double, and the Welshman doubled his lead with a nerveless 78 checkout that sealed the set in a deciding leg.
That lead became 3-0, but Aspinall showed his typical battling qualities, a champagne 132 shot out giving him a set on the board, before he closed the gap to 3-2, but Price restored order, and controlled the action in sets six and seven to reach the finish line, as he made the final for a fourth time, winning once in 2020.
Humphries joined Price in the final, but was worked hard before averaging over 96 to defeat James Wade 5-3.
Wade scrapped in the first four sets, trading them with Humphries, levelling at 2-2, but Humphries restored order in a dominant fifth set to lead for a third time.
Humphries then opened a two-set lead, despite Wade missing the bull for a 124 finish to level again, but ‘The Machine’ wouldn’t go away, closing once again to just a set adrift.
This time though, he wouldn’t be afforded the chance to level, as a ruthless eighth set from Humphries ended the contest, as he won without reply to seal his place in the trophy match.
2026 BOYLE Sports World Grand Prix
Saturday October 3
Gerwyn Price 5-2 Nathan Aspinall (3-0, 3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 1-3, 3-1, 3-1)
Luke Humphries 5-3 James Wade (3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1, 3-2, 1-3, 3-0)
The Final
Gerwyn Price v Luke Humphries
Best of 11 Sets
–ENDS–
