Dave Chisnall wins Hungarian Darts Trophy despite Luke Humphries nine-darter

Dave Chisnall, who earlier on Sunday defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in his quarter-final and Scott Williams 7-5 in the last four, secured his third European Tour victory of the season in Hungary.

Dave Chisnall won the Hungarian Darts Trophy after a thrilling 8-7 win against Luke Humphries, who produced a nine-darter in the final in Budapest.

Chisnall, who earlier on Sunday defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in his quarter-final and Scott Williams 7-5 in the last four, secured his third European Tour victory of the season.

Humphries beat Luke Woodhouse 6-0 for a 7-4 last four victory over Gerwyn Price, but despite his nine-dart heroics in the final he fell to another painful defeat to bogeyman Chisnall.

Chisnall had defeated Humphries earlier this year in the finals of both the Baltic Sea Darts Open and the Dutch Darts Championship.

Consecutive 81 checkouts by Chisnall, both of whom had followed 180s, leveled him at 3-3 in the final and a 146 finish left him 5-4 ahead.

Humphries hit his nine-dart finish to level the scores at 5–5 and led 7–6, but Chisnall broke his throw to force a nerve-wracking decider and kept his composure to land double 12 for the win.