Schedule Sunday afternoon Winmau World Masters 2025: Littler and Bunting in action during quarter-finals

Eight players remain in the race for the title at the new Winmau World Masters in Milton Keynes. A jam-packed final day awaits Sunday at the Arena MK, with the quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon and the semifinals and final later in the day.

The tournament will have to continue without the presence of Michael van Gerwen. The 35-year-old Dutchman was surprisingly beaten by Dimitri van den Bergh (4-3) on Saturday night.

This means that Van den Bergh can return to action on Sunday afternoon, after he was also too strong for Gary Anderson (3-1) earlier in the tournament. The next opponent of 'The Dreammaker' is Nathan Aspinall. 'The Asp' started his tournament with a resounding 3-0 victory over Andrew Gilding and then triumphed 4-1 against Cameron Menzies. It will be the eighteenth time Van den Bergh and Aspinall have met in an official match. In the head-to-head it is the Belgian who leads 10-7, although the last three duels were all won by Aspinall.

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For now, the biggest favourite for the Winmau World Masters is reigning world champion Luke Littler. The English teenage sensation already overcame Andy Baetens (3-0) in the first round, but then impressed even more against James Wade. 'The Machine' was treated to an unadulterated whitewash and could not take a single leg in four sets. Indeed, Littler did not allow his compatriot a single dart on a double. His next opponent is from Wales. Jonny Clayton impressed in the first round against Martin Schindler (3-1) with an average of almost 113. Against Ryan Searle his level was a lot lower, but 'The Ferret' showed resilience by turning a 1-3 deficit into a 4-3 victory. Littler and Clayton only met once before. That was at a Players Championship tournament in July 2024. Then 'The Nuke' won 6-1 over the Welshman.

Luke Littler considered the big favorite for the overall win in Milton Keynes

After Van Gerwen's elimination, Danny Noppert is the only remaining Dutchman at the Winmau World Masters. After his 3-1 victory over Michael Smith, 'The Freeze' also won against William O'Connor (4-0). Noppert faces off in the last eight with crowd favorite Stephen Bunting, who took last year's title in Milton Keynes. 'The Bullet' defeated William Borland (3-2) and Peter Wright (4-2) in his first two matches. In the mutual balance between the two men, it is 5-5, although Noppert lost to Bunting each time in the last three clashes.

In the first quarterfinal of the afternoon, world number one Luke Humphries will face Damon Heta. Humphries eliminated Joe Cullen (3-1) and Josh Rock (4-0), while Heta managed victories over Ross Smith (3-1) and Gerwyn Price (4-3). Heta has had little success against Humphries in the past. Only one of the previous nine duels was won by the Australian.

Format

As tradition dictates, the Winmau World Masters is played in a set format where each set is over best of 3 legs. As the tournament progresses, more sets must be won to advance.

Preliminary Round: Best of 3 sets

First round: Best of 5 sets

Second round: Best of 7 sets

Quarterfinals: Best of 7 sets

Semifinals: Best of 9 sets

Final: Best of 11 sets

TV Guide

The tournament will be shown on PDCTV to start on the preliminaries from 12pm local time in Milton Keynes but as the tournament fully starts on Thursday, it is set to see ITV4 take on the mantle.

They will show the rest of the tournament with action starting at 7pm for the first two days. But on the weekend, it is 12:45pm and 7pm starts for the remaining sessions as a champion will be crowned.

Prize money

A total of £500,000 in prize money is up for grabs at the 2025 Winmau World Masters. The 32 participants in the main tournament are guaranteed £5,000 in prize money. This amount eventually rises to the top prize of 100,000 pounds for the winner of the new Winmau World Masters.

Playing schedule Winmau World Masters 2025

Sunday, Feb. 2

Afternoon session (from 12:45 p.m.)

Quarterfinals

Luke Humphries v Damon Heta

Danny Noppert v Stephen Bunting

Luke Littler v Jonny Clayton

Dimitri Van den Bergh v Nathan Aspinall

Evening session (from 8 p.m.)

Semifinals

Final

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