Former champion Rob Cross heads into the 2024/25 World Darts Championship as a top contender. He discusses his approach to the tournament, focusing on motivation rather than pressure, and reflects on past victories and surprising upsets in the sport.
The Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals are set to ignite with a fiery first-round matchup between Luke Littler and Rob Cross. This tournament brings together the top 64 players on the Players Championship Order of Merit, culminating in a £600,000 prize pool. Littler, a rising star with three Players Championship titles under his belt, faces a tough test against the 2018 world champion. Other exciting matchups include World No. 1 Luke Humphries defending his title against Gabriel Clemens, Michael van Gerwen aiming for a record-extending eighth title, and a host of other top players battling it out for the coveted championship.
Luke Littler secured his Premier League Darts play-off spot with a fourth nightly win of the season, defeating Rob Cross in the Aberdeen final. Littler, who now leads the standings by eight points, guaranteed a top-four position by comfortably defeating Michael Smith in the semi-finals. Humphries is also assured of a play-off spot despite his semi-final exit to Cross. The final two play-off berths will be contested by Van Gerwen, Smith, Cross and Aspinall across the final two weeks of the regular season.
