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Dobey shocks Rotterdam for maiden Premier League win of the season

Chris Dobey has won his first Premier League night of 2025
Chris Dobey has won his first Premier League night of 2025PDC/Kelly Deckers
Chris Dobey became the sixth different winner of this year's Premier League campaign as he claimed his first win of 2025 after defeating Stephen Bunting 6-2 in the final in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Chris Dobey ignited the evening with a 6-3 win over last week's runner-up Luke Humphries, who stood and watched as Dobey stole the show with six 180s and a classy 126 finish en route to his first Premier League win since night 9 in Berlin.

Nathan Aspinall followed through with the stunning finishes, handing Gerwyn Price his second straight first-round exit with a 6-3 win. The Asp's 170 finish to break the Welshman a second straight time was too much for Price to overcome as a relatively sloppy Aspinal, who scored a checkout percentage of just 35.3% (6/17), saw out the match without giving away a break in the final stages.

Home hero Michael van Gerwen, who had not won a Premier League match in Rotterdam since 2022, took the stage next and had to fend off a storming Stephen Bunting, who scored an average of 106 through the first two legs. With Bunting on the brink of causing a huge upset in Rotterdam, Van Gerwen turned the match around in dramatic fashion, with consecutive finishes from 106 and 96 to even the game out at 5 legs apiece.

A stunning final leg saw Bunting survive Van Gerwen's resurgence and book his fourth Premier League win of the year, one which left the ecstatic Orange Army bitterly disappointed.

A lethal Luke Littler knocked out the reigning Dutch Darts Masters champion, Rob Cross, in the concluding quarter-final after sealing a spectacular 6-5 win with a near-perfect showing on the doubles. The win seemed to slip out of Littler's fingers as Cross came back from 5-3 to 5-5, but with a match dart on 150, Voltage could not convert. Littler clinched the win with a stunning 145 finish, sealing the win with a 75% checkout percentage.

Night 10 winner Nathan Aspinall's night came to an end in the semi-finals in Rotterdam after Chris Dobey got the better of Hollywood after a poor outing on the doubles. Early struggles led the Asp to trail Dobey three legs to zero before finally grabbing a leg from 7. Aspinall's continued fight with the doubles ended up costing him dearly, resulting in a 12.5% checkout percentage (2/16) and a 6-2 loss, which handed Dobey his first spot in the Premier League final since night 1 in Belfast.

Stephen Bunting claimed his second Premier League final of the year, but it was a matter of inches for the Bullet. After getting broken by Littler in the third leg, Bunting raced to a 5-2 lead after hitting consecutive 84 and 81 finishes.

A fiercely fighting Littler closed the gap in record time before forcing a deciding eleventh leg to determine a winner. Littler came agonisingly close to closing out the match on a 138 checkout, but the young phenom missed the double 9 by inches before Bunting stayed cool to advance to his second final of 2025 with an impressive three-dart average of 106.43.

But as fierce as Bunting was against Littler, as lacklustre was the Bullet against Chris Dobey in the final in Rotterdam. A soaring Dobey grabbed two quick breaks with great efficiency as he clinched a 6-2 final win with a 101.84 average and a 75% checkout percentage.

The Premier League will travel to the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool for night 12 of the Premier League.

Full results:

Chris Dobey 6-3 Luke Humphries

Gerwyn Price 3-6 Nathan Aspinall

Stephen Bunting 6-5 Michael van Gerwen

Luke Littler 6-5 Rob Cross

Chris Dobey 6-2 Nathan Aspinall

Stephen Bunting 6-5 Luke Littler

Chris Dobey 6-2 Stephen Bunting

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