Luke Littler beat Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries to take World Masters title over the weekend, leaving the European Championship as the only major PDC title left to win for the teenager.

Littler met Price in the semi-final at Milton Keynes having beaten Josh Rock comfortably in the quarter-final stage. His Welsh opponent had it slightly harder, triumphing 4-2 against Chris Dobbey.

Sunday’s match was a tight affair, with the two players trading sets, with Littler surviving match darts from Price in the penultimate leg to go through to the final.

Humphries, by contrast, made serene progress through to the showpiece final, winning 4-0 and 5-0 against Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen respectively.

The world’s top two players went head-to-head in an all-time classic at Arena MK, as Littler fought back from 5-4 down in sets to add another Premier televised title to his extensive collection.

Humphries appeared poised to retain the coveted crown after recovering from 3-1 down to lead, only for Littler to defy a 105.51 average from the world number two in scooping the £100,000 top prize.

The defending champion landed the first blow in a closely-fought opening stanza, but an effortless 153 checkout from Littler in set two shifted the pendulum and saw him establish a 2-1 buffer.

Humphries responded with a 13-dart break as he sought to draw level, but a relentless Littler maintained his charge, converting back-to-back 121 outshots to stretch his lead to 3-1.

His astonishing run of combination finishing continued as he pinned the bull for an 87 kill to open set five, before Humphries hit back with a blistering four-leg burst to level at 3-3.

Humphries averaged 123 in a staggering fifth set display, but he was unable to hit the front in set seven, squandering three set darts as Littler regained control once more.

However, the reigning champion conjured up a crucial 12-dart break to wrap up set eight, which he followed up with a 108 checkout and a 13-darter in the ninth to close in on a famous victory at 5-4.

Littler wasn’t to be denied, however, registering legs of 13 and 12 darts to force a deciding set, which he subsequently claimed in consecutive legs to end Humphries’ reign in Milton Keynes.

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