Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 LIVE SCORES: Humphries, Price and Aspinall THROUGH, Bunting & defending champ Cross OUT
THE Baltic Sea Darts Open is heading for a thrilling climax with a new champion guaranteed in Germany.
On Saturday night, World No1 Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Nathan Aspinall all progressed to the third round.
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Defending champion Rob Cross was eliminated following a 6-2 loss to Andy Baetens.
Stephen Bunting also crashed out in round two after a shock 6-2 defeat to Nico Springer.
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