GERWYN PRICE dumped Luke Littler out of the Players Championship 2 before celebrating a rare title.
The Iceman claimed his first ranking success since November 2023 by beating Chris Dobey 8-7 in the final in Wigan.
He sank The Nuke 6-5 in the quarters.
Price, 39, said: “I’m getting back to my best. Sometimes I roll over, have my belly tickled.
“It is nice to get a win under my belt.”
Yet the Welshman’s stats were well behind Dobey’s
Price only notched a singe 180 and averaged 99.58, while the Englishman picked up three maximums on the way to an average of 101.83.
There was a high for Beau Greaves, 21, as she won her first Pro Tour game against a top male as she beat Josh Rock.
The Players Championship has 34 events this year, with the finals scheduled for November 21-23 at Minehead.
Meanwhile, Littler has shrugged off his loss – revealing he will QUIT playing when his hunger to win fades.
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The 18-year-old told the Tops and Tales Darts Podcast: “Michael (van Gerwen) said this in a different interview – once the fire goes out your belly, there’s just no point in playing.
“So if I say I’m going to continue playing darts for 30 years, well I could wake up tomorrow morning, the fire’s gone out of my belly, and I wanna retire.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Luke Littler names darts Mount Rushmore including former world champion on hiatus after missing out on PDC Tour card ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6368602137112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Littler added: “I probably won’t be playing at 50. It’s just the way the sport’s going. It’s just growing, growing and growing.
“But yeah, obviously the one thing I do want to do, and I’ve said it numerous times, is win one of every major at least once.”