After five breathless days of action in Milton Keynes, a journey that began with a room packed full of hopefuls and quiet dreamers, the tournament distilled itself into the most inevitable of conclusions...
Not a chorus. Not a wave. One individual, repeating, persistent, invasive. The sort of interruption players cannot prepare for, because it arrives alone...
Over two matches, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Luke Woodhouse all took to the stage, all in imperious form, all determined to leave a mark. And all three did...
Welsh derby that burned from first dart to last. Clayton, haunted by a miserable recent record against Price, flipped the script early, claiming the opening two sets...But The Iceman does not yield easily...
Humphries hit the accelerator, the scoring became relentless, and the outcome felt increasingly inevitable as he surged away to a commanding victory...
