Overview
- Littler averaged 104.84 with six 180s and a 61.5% checkout to hold off van Gerwen, who averaged 101.79, in the Riyadh final.
- The champion reached the title match by beating Gerwyn Price 7-5, while van Gerwen edged Nathan Aspinall 7-5 in the other semi-final.
- No player landed the event’s special nine-dart leg, leaving the advertised $200,000 maximum bonus unclaimed.
- The two-day World Series stop featured eight PDC stars against eight Asian qualifiers; Hong Kong’s Man Lok Leung upset Danny Noppert before losing to Aspinall in the quarter-finals.
- A subdued crowd drew mixed player reactions after day one, prompting a PDC statement affirming all attendees were ticket holders or guests, and Aspinall later said the audience became more engaged on Tuesday.