Cross wins 2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler resumed their rivalry in the TOTO Dutch Darts Masters quarter-finals on Saturday.
Unfortunately, Littler had ended Michael van Gerwen's title defence with a 6-3 victory in their quarter-final, despite two 12-darters from the Dutchman.
However, the new World Champion was unable to claim a place in a second successive Den Bosch final when Bunting left him stranded on 130 after nine darts in the decider to their last four clash.
All four remaining Dutch stars exited the event in the quarter-finals, with Kevin Doets seeing Price claw back from 3-1 down before taking out 145 in their deciding leg.
Rob Cross won his fifth World Series of Darts title with a clinical display at the TOTO Dutch Darts Masters on Saturday, seeing off Stephen Bunting 8-5 in the Den Bosch final.
Cross bounced back from his first round exit in Bahrain a week earlier in style to claim the Toon Greebe Trophy, producing a string of top-class displays at De Maaspoort.
The 2018 World Champion then averaged over 100 and finished 50% of his darts at double in his semi-final success against Gerwyn Price.
He then denied Stephen Bunting back-to-back World Series titles by seeing off the Bahrain Darts Masters winner with an 8-5 success in the final, averaging almost 102 and finishing 8/15 doubles.
Bunting overcame two former World Champions as he booked his spot in a second successive World Series final, only to lose out to another in his bid for further glory.
He finished a 13-darter to edge past Raymond van Barneveld in the last eight, before an 11-darter saw off Luke Littler in a tight semi-final tie.
Focus on the PDC circuit now moves to next weekend's Winmau World Masters for the first ranking event of the new season, with the World Series of Darts returning with the Mr Vegas Nordic Darts Masters at Forum Copenhagen on June 6-7.
2025 TOTO Dutch Darts Masters
Saturday January 25
Quarter-Finals
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Littler 6-3 Michael van Gerwen
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Kevin Doets
Rob Cross 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Semi-Finals
Stephen Bunting 7-6 Luke Littler
Rob Cross 7-3 Gerwyn Price
Final
Rob Cross 8-5 Stephen Bunting
*photos credited to Kelly Deckers/PDC
