PDC World Darts Championship 2025 results: Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price & Peter Wright progress

Reigning champion Luke Humphries and previous winners Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are all into the fourth round of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Humphries, who has not played since the opening night on 15 December, was far from his best but still ended up breezing to a comfortable 4-0 win against Wales’ Nick Kenny.

He started scratchily and was perhaps fortunate to win the first set, but improved as the game progressed and finished with a 98.59 average and 52.2 checkout percentage.

“I knew I wasn’t firing, I suspected there was so much more to give, but it just wasn’t coming out of me,” Humphries told Sky Sports.

“It was a solid performance and I’m not going to give up this world title without a fight. It is not my best but when someone pushes me I know I can provide the goods.”

The 29-year-old will face two-time champion Wright in the last 16 after the Scot beat Jermaine Wattimena 4-2.

Wright, 54, is struggling with a chest infection but was ruthless in key moments and produced one of his best performances of a difficult 2024.

“It (chest infection) wasn’t affecting my darts, I was just holding my breath,” Wright, who is the 17th seed, told Sky Sports.

“I’m not bad for an old guy, am I? It is about spirit and the support was brilliant. Hopefully I’ll be feeling a little bit better in the next round.”

In the match of the night, 2021 champion Price beat Joe Cullen 4-3 in a sudden-death leg to set up a fourth-round meeting with Welsh compatriot Jonny Clayton.

Tenth-seed Price led 3-0 but Cullen, the 23rd seed, fought back to force a decider.

That was chaotic throughout, with nine breaks of throw in 11 legs, as Price hit just 15 of his 58 attempts at a checkout in the match and Cullen 19 from 54.

Both missed match darts, before Cullen produced a superb 170 checkout to force the sudden-death leg, where Price broke one final time – the last of seven in a row at the end of the game.

“That was tough. I actually thought I was going to lose it but I stayed in it and got over the line.” Price told Sky Sports.

“I’ve got a lot more in the tank. I can play a lot better than I have tonight. I didn’t play brilliantly but I did enough to win in the end.”