Luke Littler and
Ryan Searle will battle for the title at the first
Players Championship tournament of the season in Wigan.
Littler reached the final on his Players Championship debut by narrowly defeating Alan Soutar. The Nuke fell behind by two breaks, but was able to repair the damage each time. With a 78 finish in the last leg, Littler won the match 7-6.
Searle meanwhile came through much more comfortably against Gian Van Veen, taking a 7-3 triumph to reach the final.
Results Players Championship 1
Last 16
Luke Littler (108.99) 6 | 2 (95.31) Cameron Menzies
James Hurrell (93.75) 6 | 3 (89.23) Jamie Hughes
Alan Soutar (92.04) 6 | 1 (91.88) Lee Evans
Nick Kenny (97.62) 6 | 5 (88.62) Mickey Mansell
Ryan Searle (99.10) 6 | 0 (86.83) Mike De Decker
Jose De Sousa (93.28) 6 | 5 (94.08) Nathan Aspinall
Brendan Dolan (86.93) 6 | 4 (81.38) Ricardo Pietreczko
Gian van Veen (92.87) 6 | 5 (89.17) Kim Huybrechts
Quarterfinals
Luke Littler (100.65) 6 | 3 (91.52) James Hurrell
Alan Soutar (93.95) 6 | 5 (90.40) Nick Kenny
Ryan Searle (93.10) 6 | 2 (93.38) Jose De Sousa
Gian van Veen (97.20) 6 | 5 (95.62) Brendan Dolan
Semi-final
Luke Littler (89.70) 7 | 6 (88.85) Alan Soutar
Ryan Searle (92.00) 7 | 3 (81.57) Gian van Veen
Final
Luke Littler - | - Ryan Searle