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Winmau World Masters darts: Luke Humphries delivers nine-dart magic in win over Luke Woodhouse as Luke Littler eases through | Darts News

February 1, 2026:

Winmau World Masters darts: Luke Humphries delivers nine-dart magic in win over Luke Woodhouse as Luke Littler eases through | Darts News

Luke Humphries fired a stunning nine-darter during a dramatic victory over Luke Woodhouse at the Winmau World Masters, as Luke Littler stormed into the quarter-finals.

Humphries delivered the first ‘perfect leg’ of this year’s contest to wrap up the second set of an absorbing contest against Woodhouse, who battled back from 3-1 down to take their second-round clash to a decider in Milton Keynes.

The defending champion missed a match dart in the fifth set and wasted three more in a tense last set, forcing the match to a final leg, where Humphries held throw to secure a narrow win and set up a meeting with Danny Noppert in the last eight.

Luke Humphries, Winmau World Masters, PDC darts (Pic credit - PDC)
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Humphries produced a nine-darter during his 4-3 victory over Luke Woodhouse

Noppert thrashed Stephen Bunting in straight sets and Josh Rock brushed aside former world champion Rob Cross 4-1, while Littler breezed into the quarter finals by beating Ross Smith by the same margin in a high-scoring contest.

Littler fired a 107.88 average and eight maximums in a match where he was described as ‘unplayable’ during the opening sets, with ‘The Nuke’ moving another step closer to securing one of two PDC ranked TV majors missing from his glittering darts CV.

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Ross Smith reacts to opponent Luke Littler landing yet another 11-darter to claim a three-set lead in the Winmau World Masters

More to follow…

Van Veen reaches last eight as Price battles past Clayton

The afternoon session saw Gerwyn Price produce some spectacular finishing as he fought back from two sets down to beat last year’s runner-up Jonny Clayton in a seven-set thriller.

Gerwyn Price celebrates at the Winmau World Masters
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Gerwyn Price is through to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2022

A stunning 161 in the third set – one for four ton-plus checkouts from Price – moved the match back in his favour, and he missed five match darts in the deciding set before closing out victory with a 14-darter.

Price will next face Chris Dobey, who blew a 3-1 lead against Damon Heta before winning by the same margin, with the Englishman producing a crucial 127 checkout on the bullseye to break throw in the final set.

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Debutant Gian van Veen capitalised on some poor finishing from Nathan Aspinall in a 4-2 victory, with Aspinall outscoring the Dutchman but only converting 19 per cent of his darts at double – missing eight in the final leg.

Van Veen’s reward is a quarter-final showdown with James Wade, who fought back from 2-0 down to beat Gary Anderson 4-3 and reach the last eight in Milton Keynes for the first time since 2021.

James Wade and Gart Anderson at the Winmau World Masters
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James Wade posted a 96.71 average and six maximums during his narrow victory

Sunday’s Winmau World Masters schedule

Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Order to be confirmed)
Best of seven sets
Luke Littler v Josh Rock
Chris Dobey v Gerwyn Price
Luke Humphries v Danny Noppert
Gian van Veen v James Wade

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Best of nine sets

Final
Best of 11 sets

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