Luke Humphries hands Stephen Bunting third straight final defeat staving off comeback in epic Players Championship 26 final

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Thursday, 03 October 2024 at 19:52
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Heartbreak again and ecstasy are feelings that come to mind as Stephen Bunting lost a third straight Players Championship final of the week as Luke Humphries returned to the winners circle to conclude the latest triple header.

Bunting has lost all three finals this week to Wessel Nijman, Chris Dobey and now Humphries. A man on a mission and a man on form, but not getting over the winning line. Albeit he produced an epic comeback to force the issue and force Humphries into some of his best darts.

Bunting came from 6-4 down to reel off two quick legs to bring himself parity. He put himself in the ascendancy with six darts at 72 throwing for a 7-6 lead.

He got just that as Humphries was having to throw to stay in the final. Humphries had six at 170. He got down to 83. He pinned just that to send it all the way.

One leg stood between the title for either player with Bunting having the throw. Humphries hit a third maximum to give himself the impetus. He hit 81 for a 12-darter and roared as he sealed the win.

Players Championship 26 Results

Final

Luke Humphries (93.84) 8 | 7 (96.92) Stephen Bunting

Semi-Finals

Luke Humphries (98.79) 7 | 6 (95.84) Luke Woodhouse

Stephen Bunting (100.51) 7 | 6 (96.92) Raymond van Barneveld

Quarter-Finals

Luke Humphries (97.61) 6 | 5 (101.71) Dave Chisnall

Luke Woodhouse (91.53) 6 | 3 (94.86) Christian Kist

Raymond van Barneveld (92.43) 6 | 5 (94.12) Danny Noppert

Stephen Bunting (101.81) 6 | 4 (97.06) Robert Owen

Last 16

Dave Chisnall (98.89) 6 | 5 (88.06) Ritchie Edhouse

Luke Humphries (99.68) 6 | 2 (99.19) Josh Rock

Christian Kist (99.11) 6 | 4 (94.31) Daryl Gurney

Luke Woodhouse (92.43) 6 | 4 (95.98) Wessel Nijman

Raymond van Barneveld (104.36) 6 | 2 (101.78) Luke Littler

Danny Noppert (103.05) 6 | 5 (104.15) Damon Heta

Robert Owen (96.31) 6 | 1 (82.16) Rowby-John Rodriguez

Stephen Bunting (105.82) 6 | 4 (93.67) Radek Szaganski

Last 32

Dave Chisnall (101.02) 6 | 5 (98.09) Kim Huybrechts

Ritchie Edhouse (102.10) 6 | 3 (93.10) Michael Smith

Josh Rock (93.67) 6 | 3 (82.88) Brendan Dolan

Luke Humphries (95.22) 6 | 4 (91.38) Connor Scutt

Christian Kist (87.58) 6 | 4 (81.48) Martijn Dragt

Daryl Gurney (100.60) 6 | 5 (96.86) Ryan Joyce

Luke Woodhouse (91.49) 6 | 5 (94.96) Andy Boulton

Wessel Nijman (100.53) 6 | 4 (102.55) Rob Cross

Luke Littler (100.15) 6 | 5 (88.19) Jamie Hughes

Raymond van Barneveld (99.10) 6 | 0 (82.72) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Damon Heta (98.23) 6 | 3 (100.35) Jermaine Wattimena

Danny Noppert (97.31) 6 | 3 (88.98) Jitse Van der Wal

Robert Owen (94.60) 6 | 4 (97.53) Martin Lukeman

Rowby-John Rodriguez (76.66) 6 | 4 (83.65) Mike De Decker

Stephen Bunting (103.55) 6 | 1 (85.69) Josh Payne

Radek Szaganski (93.49) 6 | 5 (91.18) Lukas Wenig

Last 64

Kim Huybrechts (97.74) 6 | 4 (90.79) Ian White

Dave Chisnall (94.18) 6 | 3 (81.83) Thibault Tricole

Michael Smith (101.42) 6 | 1 (93.34) Dominik Gruellich

Ritchie Edhouse (92.51) 6 | 3 (84.70) Lee Cocks

Brendan Dolan (95.29) 6 | 4 (84.53) Rhys Griffin

Josh Rock (83.04) 6 | 4 (83.37) Danny Jansen

Connor Scutt (98.69) 6 | 2 (97.68) Gabriel Clemens

Luke Humphries (103.01) 6 | 5 (102.53) Callum Goffin

Christian Kist (90.66) 6 | 3 (88.84) Nathan Rafferty

Martijn Dragt (93.05) 6 | 3 (94.13) Chris Dobey

Ryan Joyce (91.60) 6 | 2 (90.50) Matthew Dennant

Daryl Gurney (91.02) 6 | 5 (85.56) Tim Wolters

Luke Woodhouse (105.55) 6 | 3 (99.71) Ryan Meikle

Andy Boulton (95.96) 6 | 4 (95.26) Ryan Searle

Wessel Nijman (95.80) 6 | 3 (90.71) Keane Barry

Rob Cross (101.38) 6 | 1 (98.97) Dom Taylor

Jamie Hughes (89.45) 6 | 4 (81.07) Kevin Doets

Luke Littler (94.42) 6 | 3 (89.33) James Hurrell

Jeffrey De Zwaan (90.36) 6 | 4 (83.42) Scott Williams

Raymond van Barneveld (105.78) 6 | 1 (81.23) Mensur Suljovic

Jermaine Wattimena (109.98) 6 | 0 (87.73) Robert Grundy

Damon Heta (98.75) 6 | 5 (100.24) Nathan Aspinall

Jitse Van der Wal (87.53) 6 | 4 (89.90) Dylan Slevin

Danny Noppert (92.24) 6 | 2 (75.20) Geert Nentjes

Martin Lukeman (89.66) 6 | 1 (78.77) Nick Kenny

Robert Owen (91.01) 6 | 5 (99.09) Florian Hempel

Mike De Decker (110.65) 6 | 2 (88.95) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Rowby-John Rodriguez (85.89) 6 | 0 (87.45) Ricardo Pietreczko

Josh Payne (91.26) 6 | 2 (86.12) Lee Evans

Stephen Bunting (89.81) 6 | 4 (89.77) Stefan Bellmont

Radek Szaganski (86.03) 6 | 4 (90.29) Stephen Burton

Lukas Wenig (96.10) 6 | 4 (89.47) Benjamin Reus

Last 128

Ian White (91.39) 6 | 3 (87.44) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Kim Huybrechts (101.34) 6 | 3 (92.45) Jimmy van Schie

Dave Chisnall (104.03) 6 | 5 (97.25) Chris Landman

Thibault Tricole (89.33) 6 | 3 (92.89) Mervyn King

Michael Smith (100.26) 6 | 2 (91.66) Patrick Geeraets

Dominik Gruellich (91.76) 6 | 1 (80.04) Jelle Klaasen

Ritchie Edhouse (120.24) 6 | 0 (105.46) Graham Hall

Lee Cocks (89.08) 6 | 3 (93.09) Maik Kuivenhoven

Brendan Dolan (87.79) 6 | 2 (86.20) Mickey Mansell

Rhys Griffin (90.09) 6 | 2 (90.56) Jeffrey De Graaf

Josh Rock (96.97) 6 | 2 (92.53) Krzysztof Ratajski

Danny Jansen (86.67) 6 | 2 (86.79) Graham Usher

Gabriel Clemens (104.47) 6 | 2 (97.46) Andy Baetens

Connor Scutt (105.24) 6 | 4 (94.77) Adam Hunt

Luke Humphries (100.20) 6 | 0 (88.61) George Killington

Callum Goffin (92.74) 6 | 5 (97.77) Ricky Evans

Nathan Rafferty (89.18) 6 | 3 (84.55) Alan Soutar

Christian Kist (85.69) 6 | 4 (81.19) Darren Beveridge

Chris Dobey (90.04) 6 | 3 (88.17) Keegan Brown

Martijn Dragt (92.28) 6 | 1 (86.47) Steve Lennon

Ryan Joyce (90.50) 6 | 3 (88.56) Simon Whitlock

Matthew Dennant (91.70) 6 | 3 (82.77) Boris Krcmar

Daryl Gurney (93.57) 6 | 1 (79.59) William Borland

Tim Wolters (84.07) 6 | 1 (78.81) Owen Bates

Luke Woodhouse (93.99) 6 | 5 (88.23) Adam Gawlas

Ryan Meikle (83.71) 6 | 3 (89.17) Reece Colley

Ryan Searle (98.02) 6 | 0 (75.33) Jurjen van der Velde

Andy Boulton (92.88) 6 | 2 (87.00) Stefaan Henderyck

Wessel Nijman (104.76) 6 | 2 (97.64) Jose De Sousa

Keane Barry (88.55) 6 | 3 (83.08) Steve Beaton

Rob Cross (105.15) 6 | 1 (89.23) Karel Sedlacek

Dom Taylor (96.65) 6 | 3 (96.09) Robbie Knops

Kevin Doets (91.54) 6 | 5 (95.03) Madars Razma

Jamie Hughes (86.21) 6 | 4 (87.42) Daniel Klose

Luke Littler (91.85) 6 | 4 (94.18) Danny Lauby

James Hurrell (98.15) 6 | 4 (100.22) Darryl Pilgrim

Scott Williams (102.42) 6 | 2 (89.46) Cameron Menzies

Jeffrey De Zwaan (78.64) 6 | 3 (78.53) Jules van Dongen

Raymond van Barneveld (92.97) 6 | 0 (78.56) William O'Connor

Mensur Suljovic (88.09) 6 | 3 (79.64) Danny van Trijp

Jermaine Wattimena (104.81) 6 | 2 (97.30) Adam Warner

Robert Grundy (86.01) 6 | 5 (83.74) Justin Hood

Damon Heta (98.42) 6 | 4 (97.26) Wesley Plaisier

Nathan Aspinall (99.79) 6 | 4 (95.79) Alexander Merkx

Jitse Van der Wal (91.90) 6 | 2 (88.49) Andrew Gilding

Dylan Slevin (89.73) 6 | 5 (89.05) Niels Zonneveld

Danny Noppert (107.81) 6 | 2 (97.26) Richard Veenstra

Geert Nentjes (85.55) 6 | 5 (84.17) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Martin Lukeman (96.37) 6 | 5 (91.90) Arron Monk

Nick Kenny (86.18) 6 | 3 (84.30) David Evans

Robert Owen (94.15) 6 | 3 (90.24) Ross Smith

Florian Hempel (92.15) 6 | 3 (80.64) Rene Eidams

Mike De Decker (93.00) 6 | 3 (87.11) Vincent van der Voort

Mario Vandenbogaerde (99.03) 6 | 1 (93.12) Brett Claydon

Ricardo Pietreczko (93.09) 6 | 3 (86.57) Berry van Peer

Rowby-John Rodriguez (82.29) 6 | 2 (75.26) Christian Perez

Lee Evans (102.69) 6 | 2 (101.54) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Josh Payne (83.65) 6 | 2 (81.78) Owen Roelofs

Stephen Bunting (91.26) 6 | 1 (77.52) Joshua Richardson

Stefan Bellmont (95.47) 6 | 5 (91.32) Matt Campbell

Stephen Burton (83.57) 6 | 1 (84.88) Joe Cullen

Radek Szaganski (91.12) 6 | 4 (90.00) Cam Crabtree

Lukas Wenig (97.70) 6 | 2 (95.08) Gian van Veen

Benjamin Reus (88.39) 6 | 5 (93.89) Richie Burnett

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