Premier League stars Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey face-off in a quarter-final, whilst Scotland’s Peter Wright meets Philippines ace Paulo Nebrida, who stunned Rob Cross on the opening night. Price wasn’t able to maintain the pace of his Littler win, but he had enough. Wright was too loose too often and paid the penalty. Or Price, if you like.

Stephen Bunting won the opening event of the new season by defeating Gerwyn Price in the Bahrain Darts Masters final.

Price's victory was an act of revenge after losing to Littler in last year's Bahrain Darts Masters semi-finals. The youngster went on to win the tournament - his first senior PDC title - by beating Michael van Gerwen in the final.

Lethal Luke Littler aims to go back-to-back at the Bahrain Darts Masters and continue his fantastic form after winning the World Championship. The Nuke faces Gerwyn Price in the last eight as the tournament reaches a Friday climax.

Luke Littler got his Bahrain Darts Masters defence off to a winning start against Lourence Ilagan to make it into the quarter-finals; Rob Cross suffered a shock defeat to Paolo Nebrida; watch Premier

World champion Luke Littler was knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals after a 6-2 defeat to Gerwyn Price. The 2021 world champion delivered a superb performance to surge into the last four,

Luke Littler has unexpectedly crashed out of the Bahrain Masters after being beaten by former PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price. The 6-2 loss was Littler's first defeat since winning the PDC World Championship title as he exited at the quarter-final stage.