DartCloud Morning: late replacement Morris beats Humphries – Grand Slam qualifier today
Darts today, 6 November 2026: late replacement Tommy Morris wins PC 34 against Luke Humphries. Today in Leicester the final ten Grand Slam tickets are up for grabs.
Yesterday's action
Players Championship 34: late replacement Morris beats Humphries
Tommy Morris has won Players Championship 34 (PC 34) as a late replacement. The Englishman does not hold a Tour Card and made the field via the Challenge Tour. In Leicester he beat Luke Humphries 8-5 in the final and claimed his first PDC ranking title. All the details are in our tournament report on PC 34.
On his way to the final, Morris had already beaten Rob Cross, top seed Wessel Nijman, Jermaine Wattimena and Cristo Reyes, among others. The title also earned him a place at the Grand Slam of Darts. Leicester also brought the qualifying race for the Players Championship Finals in Minehead to an end. For Luke Littler it is now settled that he will be missing: the world champion skipped PC 33 and PC 34. The background is in our report on Littler's missed qualification.
Ricardo Pietreczko was the most successful German starter with his run to the last 16. It was not enough to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, though. He opened with a 6-4 win over Ryan Joyce. Martin Schindler also won 6-4, against Mickey Mansell, while Lukas Wenig came through 6-5 against Filip Bereza. Niko Springer lost 5-6 to Tom Bissell, Dominik Grüllich went down 4-6 to Nick Kenny and Max Hopp 2-6 to Cam Crabtree.
The standout results of the opening round included the wins without dropping a leg by Rob Owen against Dimitri Van den Bergh and Dirk van Duijvenbode against Ryan Meikle. Dave Chisnall, Ryan Searle and Joe Cullen also went out early. Josh Rock, Kim Huybrechts and Charlie Manby each needed a decider to go through. You can find the original pairings in the draw for PC 34.
Players Championship 34: last 128 (selection)
- van Duijvenbode 6-0 Meikle
- Owen 6-0 Van den Bergh
- Anderson 6-2 Boulton
- Bunting 6-2 Tricole
- Heta 6-2 Long
- Crabtree 6-2 Hopp
- Hood 6-2 Ritchie
- Reyes 6-3 Lennon
- Menzies 6-3 Plaisier
- de Zwaan 6-3 Coates
- Bialecki 6-3 Warner
- Hurrell 6-3 Rosney
- Aldridge 6-3 Burton
- Schindler 6-4 Mansell
- Pietreczko 6-4 Joyce
- Lap 6-4 Kanik
- Kenny 6-4 Grüllich
- Scutt 6-4 Edhouse
- Self 6-4 Cullen
- Suljović 6-4 Chisnall
- Henderyck 6-4 Searle
- Sedláček 6-5 Lishman
- Rock 6-5 Thorpe
- Huybrechts 6-5 Dragt
- Wenig 6-5 Bereza
- Manby 6-5 Dekker
- Bissell 6-5 Springer
- Coulson 6-5 de Graaf
- Ward 6-5 White
- Soutar 6-5 Merkx
ADC Global Championship
At the ADC Global Championship, three matches went the full distance of nine legs. Jamai van den Herik won 5-4 against Wilson, Dawson came through 5-4 against Meneer and Grbavac won by the same score against van der Velden. O'Connor against Huntley, Remory against Pronk and Mulvey against Shane each won 5-1.
- Leigh 5-3 Straver
- Kustermans 5-3 Vleghert
- Grbavac 5-4 van der Velden
- Lankhuizen 5-2 Wilkinson
- Dawson 5-4 Meneer
- Tuik 5-3 Dewaele
- Pride 5-2 Raman
- O’Connor 5-1 Huntley
- Remory 5-1 Pronk
- Drayton 5-2 Balsamo
- Cook 5-3 Mould
- Mulvey 5-1 Shane
- Barstow 5-3 Martin
- Nicholls 5-2 Quiney
- van den Herik 5-4 Wilson
- Heneghan 5-3 Gallagher
On today's agenda
Grand Slam of Darts: qualifier in Leicester
Today the final ten places for the Grand Slam of Darts will be handed out at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. According to the PDC, the Tour Card Holder Qualifier starts at around 13:00 German time. The entry list includes former Grand Slam winners Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld, plus Peter Wright, Danny Noppert, Stephen Bunting, Dave Chisnall, Joe Cullen, Daryl Gurney, Damon Heta, Mike De Decker, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
From Germany, Ricardo Pietreczko, Max Hopp, Arno Merk, Leon Weber, Lukas Wenig, Niko Springer, Dominik Grüllich and Marvin Kraft have entered. Austrians Mensur Suljović and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Switzerland's Stefan Bellmont are also hoping to grab a place in the field at Wolverhampton.
ADC Global Championship
The ADC Global Championship continues today with two sessions. The afternoon programme starts at 13:30, with the evening matches following from 20:00. All times are German time.
- 13:30: R. McDonagh – J. Keen
- 14:00: C. Forde – R. van Staden
- 14:30: J. Main – M. De Meyer
- 15:00: P. Williams – M. Lemahieu
- 15:30: M. Clark – B. Flew
- 16:00: J. Bastings – J. Vanbesien
- 16:30: F. Basili – S. Spivey
- 17:00: R. Hogarth – C. Francis
- 20:00: C. Goffin – A. Self
- 20:30: B. Krcmar – H. Uuldriks
- 21:00: D. Davies – M. Otter
- 21:30: K. Edwards – M. Wiles
- 22:00: S. Dutton – A. Williams
- 22:30: A. Coleman – D. van Trijp
- 23:00: N. Duff – G. Cressey
- 23:30: M. Caste – J. Power