Michael Smith silenced the whistlers in Cardiff to win the opening night of this year’s Premier League with the former world champion denying Luke Littler and Gerwyn Price on his way to victory.
The St Helens star denied seven-time Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen, teenage sensation Littler, home favourite Price as well as a volatile crowd to cap off a wonderful performance in the Welsh capital and claim maximum points.
Premier League Darts – Night One results
Quarter-finals
Peter Wright
3-6
Rob Cross
Gerwyn Price
6-4
Nathan Aspinall
Michael van Gerwen
5-6
Michael Smith
Luke Littler
6-2
Luke Humphries
Semi-finals
Rob Cross
6-2
Gerwyn Price
Michael Smith
6-5
Luke Littler
Final
Gerwyn Price
2-6
Michael Smith
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Image: Michael van Gerwen is aiming to win an eighth Premier League title
Premier League Darts now heads to the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin on Thursday February 8.
Night Two will see Nathan Aspinall face Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith up against Gerwyn Price, Luke Littler in a rematch of the World Championship semi-final against Rob Cross, and Luke Humphries against Peter Wright.
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Premier League Darts continues on Sky Sports on Thursday, February 8 as Berlin is the next stop on the 17-week extravaganza all the way through to the Play-Offs at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday, May 23. Stream Sky Sports Darts without a contract through NOW
