Luke Littler admits referee Kirk Bevins did him no favours when he tried to quell the Glasgow crowd as he battled to a 6-5 win over Luke Humphries on night two of the 2025 Premier League.
After taking nine weeks last year to get his first win, before going on to win the tournament outright, Littler was happy to make his mark early this year.
His semi-final against Gerwyn Price, who beat Nathan Aspinall 6-4 in the quarter-final, ebbed and flowed and Humphries took four legs in row to win 6-4 but could not find a way past Littler.
The 18-year-old could not shrug off the world No1, who came back four times at the OVO Hydro to make it 4-4 before before winning the ninth leg - but Littler recovered to take the final two legs.
On his rivalry with the Dutchman, who beat him last week in Belfast, Littler said: "It's just the case of we both want to win.
