{"id":51948,"date":"2025-08-25T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-littler-pushed-to-the-brink-against-beau-greaves-before-losing-to-rob-cross-at-players-championship-24-darts-news\/25\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:50:19","slug":"luke-littler-pushed-to-the-brink-against-beau-greaves-before-losing-to-rob-cross-at-players-championship-24-darts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-littler-pushed-to-the-brink-against-beau-greaves-before-losing-to-rob-cross-at-players-championship-24-darts-news\/25\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Littler pushed to the brink against Beau Greaves before losing to Rob Cross at Players Championship 24 | Darts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Littler edged out Beau Greaves before losing to Rob Cross at Players Championship 24 in Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n

Littler was pushed to the brink by Greaves as he booked a place in the last 16, the pair forced into a deciding leg in their first meeting before the world champion squeezed to a 6-5 win.<\/p>\n

Greaves, a three-time WDF women’s world champion, averaged 102 compared to Littler’s 96 and the pair split eight 180s during their absorbing clash.<\/p>\n

Having advanced, Littler was undone by Cross in the next round, losing 6-4.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Greaves had already sealed a memorable victory in the previous round when she claimed a 6-4 win over five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld.<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey de Graaf secured his maiden PDC ranking title at the event, defeating Stephen Bunting 8-7 in a thrilling final.<\/p>\n

The Dutch-born Swede, who had reached the final of Event Eight in March, produced one level better to become the first Swedish player to win a PDC ranking.<\/p>\n

Despite Bunting racing to a 4-1 lead in the final, De Graaf won four consecutive legs to take a 5-4 lead, and clinched a last-leg decider.<\/p>\n

Bunting had produced a string of great performances across the day, averaging over 99 in all seven of his matches.<\/p>\n

The world No 4 began with a 6-3 win over Adam Hunt, following this with victories over Cam Crabtree and Sebastian Bialecki.<\/p>\n

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He then defeated Brett Claydon 6-4, followed by a 6-1 victory over Rob Cross.<\/p>\n

De Graaf squeezed through the opening round 6-5 against Adam Paxton, followed by a 6-4 win over Ryan Searle and another last-leg deciding win against Jose de Sousa.<\/p>\n

The Swede then defeated former World Champion Michael Smith 6-2 in the last 16, before comfortable 6-1 and 7-2 wins against Alan Soutar and Scott Williams respectively put De Graaf in just his second Players Championship final.<\/p>\n

Michael van Gerwen was also eliminated in the last 16 at the hands of Scott Williams, despite recording an average of 107.97 in his 6-3 defeat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Luke Littler edged out Beau Greaves before losing to Rob Cross at Players Championship 24 in Milton Keynes. Littler was pushed to