Luke Humphries defeated Luke Littler for the second week running but was denied back-to-back nightly wins in the Premier League after losing to an inspired Stephen Bunting 6-3 in the final at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.
Defending champion Humphries, who halted Littler’s 10-match winning run in the semi-finals in Birmingham last week, walloped his out-of-sorts rival 6-1 in the last four again on night 16, the last round before next week’s finals night at the O2 in London.
