Luke Littler ends Luke Humphries’ winning run in Premier League

The 17-year-old, who had dropped to fifth in the Premier League table, after last week’s quarter-final defeat to Michael Smith in Dublin, forced an early break to open up a 2-0 lead.

RUN ENDED: Luke Littler (pictured) continued his good run of form against world champion Luke Humphries. Pic: Liam McBurney

Luke Littler edged out Luke Humphries in a last-leg decider to end the world champion’s winning Premier League run on night nine in Belfast.

Following successive wins in Brighton, Nottingham and Dublin, world number one Humphries had opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the table.