Chris Dobey beat Josh Rock 8-4 to win Players Championship 7 in Leicester on a day on which he was one of three players to hit a nine-dart finish.
'Hollywood' - beaten in the Players Championship 4 final by Damon Heta in February - produced his perfect leg in the third round against Mickey Mansell on Monday. The nine-dart feat had also earlier been achieved by Steve Beaton against James Hurrell in the first round and then by Daryl Gurney in the second against Jeffrey de Graaf.
Littler - victorious on the last two Premier League Darts evenings, in Belfast and Manchester respectively - rallied from 5-3 to edge put world No 1 Humphries 6-5 in the last 32, in what was a rematch of January's World Championship final that Humphries claimed 7-4 in sets.
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