Littler hits two 170s to win Premier League night in Berlin
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- Luke Littler sealed a 6-4 final win over Michael van Gerwen with a second 170 checkout, having trailed from a 3-0 lead before the Dutchman pegged him back to 3-3.
- Littler set a new Premier League record highest average of 108.58 in his 6-4 semi-final win over Gerwyn Price, and called it "the best I've played in a night" to Sky Sports.
- Van Gerwen had not won a match since week two before reaching the Berlin final, and has now been finished off by a Littler 170 checkout two weeks running after the same shot beat him in Dublin.
- Josh Rock picked up his first Premier League points in seven weeks with a 6-3 quarter-final upset of standings leader Jonny Clayton — a visibly emotional Rock sinking to his knees — before losing 3-6 to Van Gerwen in the semis.
- Rock finished with an 18.75% checkout percentage and admitted he had been "trying too hard" in the tournament, with the Northern Irishman entering Berlin with the lowest average (91.67) of the eight players.
- Littler sat seventh after the opening four weeks but now tops the table with three wins in the past four weeks, and is chasing the six nightly wins he set as the season record in 2024.
Why it matters: Littler overtakes Jonny Clayton at the halfway mark of the 16-week league stage, with eight weeks still to play and the top four qualifying for the play-off night at London's O2 Arena on 28 May — meaning the 19-year-old's surge directly reshapes the race for the semi-final spots. Van Gerwen, a seven-time Premier League winner, now has two consecutive final losses to Littler finished by the same 170 checkout, a streak that raises questions about the 36-year-old's form against the world number one.
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