Overview

• World No 1 Luke Humphries extended his dominant season by defeating Nathan Aspinall 8-6 in the US Darts Masters final.
• Aspinall rallied from 3-0 down to level at five-all but Humphries responded with a 142 checkout and held double eight to clinch the title.
• First-round shocks from qualifiers Danny Lauby and Jason Brandon saw them beat Rob Cross 6-0 and Stephen Bunting 6-4, respectively, underlining the growing strength of North American talent.
• Saturday’s North American Darts Championship wrapped up at MSG, with eight players from the U.S. and Canada vying for qualification to this year’s World Darts Championship.
• The two-day US Darts Masters formed part of the Professional Darts Corporation’s unranked World Series circuit designed to promote the sport globally.