Luke Little’s hot sequence in the Premier League darts ended with Chris Dobey in Berlin on Thursday evening.
The world champion Littler had won three of the four previous mini-tournaments, including Newcastle last week when he beat Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final.
However, the supply of sensation among adolescents for Night 9 Glory in Germany did not progress beyond the first obstacle when he lost against Chris Dobey in the quarterfinals.
Littleler struck more than 180s than Dobey – four to two – and also ended with an average with three slightly higher plateaus of 93.28, against 93.23 of his opponent.
But Dobey was much more successful with regard to the finish and his control success rate of 54.5% helped him fill a 6-2 victory against Littleler, which missed 11 of his 13 darts to a double.
The game was played in front of a noisy crowd, which took a lot of fun in a rare score of 26 by Littleler in three years.
Luke Littler failed to progress beyond the quarter-finals of the first League darts 9
Littleler hit four years 180 in his match, but also produced a 26 ad type score in the third stage
The world champion Littler looked disappointed when he left after losing 6-2 against Chris Dobey
Littleler was then criticized by dart fans on social networks with regard to a performance below normal according to its high standards.
A fan tweeted: “Littler needs to work on his doubles. It was a shocking finish ”.
Another wrote: “Little letting the crowd get into his head. I saw it while waiting for walking on ‘.
After defeating Littleler, Dobey clashed against a Gerwyn prize rested in the semi-finals.
Price – who had been given goodbye to the last four because Michael Van Gerwen was sick – defeated Dobey 6-2.
On the other side of the draw, Stephen Bunting beat Nathan Aspinall 6-2 before overcoming Humphries by the same score.
Humphries had previously beaten Rob Cross 6-3.
The night ended with Bunting Bat-le Prix 6-5 in a dramatic final.
Bunting – which struck five years 180 in the final – had lost its eight games in the 2025 edition of the Premier League before this week.