Bahrain Darts Masters 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Reaction as Bunting BEATS Gerwyn Price in epic final, Littler CRASHES OUT at QF

STEPHEN BUNTING defeated Gerwyn Price 8-4 to win the Bahrain Darts Masters and £30,000 top prize on Friday night!
It was his first title win since the Masters last year and follows his epic run to the semi-final of the World Darts Championship.
Bunting - who is "playing the best I have ever played" - pulled off an epic comeback victory over Luke Humphries in the semi-final to progress.
Earlier, Littler lost his title after CRASHING OUT in the quarter-finals against Price.
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Stephen Bunting* 4-2 Gerwyn Price
Price is starting to find his arrows now.
Both players get down a double figures and with 85 remaining, Price hits 10, 25 and bull to finish.
What a great throw, this could spark him into life in this final.
Stephen Bunting 4-1 Gerwyn Price*
Bunting is playing the better darts right now.
With 85 remaining, The Bullet takes out the bull with his last dart to win the leg.
This is already looking a long way back for the Welshman.
Stephen Bunting* 3-1 Gerwyn Price
The Price is not right in this one.
Gerwyn misses two darts at the doubles.
No mistake from Bunting as he hits double top with his last dart.
Stephen Bunting 2-1 Gerwyn Price*
The Iceman starts having some good visits.
He gets down to a double with Bunting a long way off.
The Bullet scores 140 to put the pressure on but Price takes out double tops with his second dart.
Stephen Bunting* 2-0 Gerwyn Price
Bunting seems to have found his form the quickest here.
Price does not seem as fired up as we are used to seeing him.
Bunting takes out his double to take a two-leg lead.
Stephen Bunting 1-0 Gerwyn Price*
We are underway in the Bahrain Master final.
Bunting does not have a good record against Price.
However, Price starts having some bad visits.
The Iceman misses two darts at the double after seeing Bunting miss three on double 16.
The Bullet makes no mistake at his next visit and wins against the throw.
Price books place in Bahrain Masters final
Gerwyn Price deals a 7-4 victory over Peter Wright.
There were moment where Snakebite threatened to come back into the match but Price managed to dig deep.
He will now face Stephen Bunting in tonight's final.
Gerwyn Price beats Peter Wright 7-4
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Peter Wright*
Wow, another big missed chance for Wright.
He misses three darts at double 2 to hold his throw.
Price hits double 3 at the first time of asking to move within one leg of the final.
Gerwyn Price* 5-4 Peter Wright
We may have a game on our hands here.
Price seems to have gone off the boil and let Snakebite in.
Winning the leg against the throw, Wright is right back in this semi-final.
Gerwyn Price 5-3 Peter Wright*
Wright manages to give himself a glimmer of hope.
He opens up a lead in the leg which means he can afford to miss the doubles as he tends to.
Price cannot get down to a finish before Wright seals the leg.
Gerwyn Price* 5-2 Peter Wright
The match is finely balanced going into this leg but you feel it is a must-win for Snakebite.
With 124 remaining, Price shows his class as wins the leg taking out the bullseye with his last dart.
The Iceman is within two legs of the final now.
Gerwyn Price 4-2 Peter Wright*
Wright had a big lead in this leg but almost makes a hash of it.
With 100 remaining, Price hits treble 20 but then misses two darts at double top.
Snakebite keeps hitting singles and finally takes out double 2.
Gerwyn Price* 4-1 Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price struggles on the doubles and allows Wright to get down from 270 to a finish.
Luckily for the Welshman he manages to hit double 1 with his last dart.
Wright needs to do something special now.
Gerwyn Price 3-1 Peter Wright*
The Iceman starts to find his trebles and scores a maximum.
He is very much a confidence player and takes out 96 to win the leg against the darts.
If he takes it up a gear here, he could blow Wright away in this one.
Gerwyn Price* 2-1 Peter Wright
Wright manages to find his way back into this match.
Price struggles to get himself down to a finish, gifting darts to Wright on double 18.
Snakebite takes it out to reduce the deficit.
Gerwyn Price 2-0 Peter Wright*
With 160 remaining, Wright hits two treble 20s to leave the unthinkable finish.
His last dart drops too low to take an unlikely leg victory.
Price hits the same double with his first dart to win the leg against the throw.
Gerwyn Price* 1-0 Peter Wright
Price continues to look in good form today.
He is finding the trebles and opens up a gap which allows him to be wasteful on the doubles.
The Iceman puts the leg to bed to take the lead.
Bunting shocks Humphries in semi
Stephen Bunting seemed like he was going through the motions as his opponent cruised towards the seven legs needed for victory.
But 'The Bullet' destroyed his finish, hitting the double with his last dart to book his place in the final.
Now he waits to see who he faces.
Stephen Bunting beats Luke Humphries 7-6
Luke Humphries* 6-6 Stephen Bunting
Where has this drama come from?
This was looking a routine win for Humphries but Bunting wins the leg against the throw.
Now, Bunting has the darts to make the final.
Luke Humphries 6-5 Stephen Bunting*
Luke Humphries has one dart at double top to break and win the match in the process.
He misses and leaves Bunting with 52 required.
Hitting single 20 with his first dart, he takes out double 16 with the last dart in his hand.
Luke Humphries* 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Another chance goes begging for Bunting.
It is only glimpse as he has one dart on double 20.
He cannot take it and Humphries knocks off double top to take the leg.
Luke Humphries 5-4 Stephen Bunting*
Bunting seems confident in holding his throw at the moment.
It is keeping in this game.
He cannot afford to lose many more legs if he has eyes on making that final.
Luke Humphries* 5-3 Stephen Bunting
Bunting is missing too many chances against a player of the calibre of Humphries.
Missing one dart at double top, Humphries punishes him as he takes the leg.
This one could get away from Bunting here if he is noot careful.