Glen Durrant climbed back to the top of the Premier League table after an emphatic 7-3 win against closest rival Michael Van Gerwen.
Van Gerwen knocked Durrant off the summit with victory against Rob Cross on Tuesday night, but was clearly second best to the Englishman in a behind-closed-doors grudge match.
Three-time BDO world champion Durrant, from Middlesbrough, averaged 104 and hit 58 per cent of his doubles.
The two men had been involved in an exchange of words in the build-up, with world number one Van Gerwen describing Durrant as "boring".
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Durrant, who also won their two previous meetings, responded by declaring he was desperate to make it 3-0 against the Dutchman and from 2-2 at the Marshall Arena he won the next four legs and never looked in trouble before seeing out the match.
Derry's Daryl Gurney made it back-to-back wins by beating Nathan Aspinall 7-5 to move above Cross in the table.
"Before this week started I wanted to win my three games and if I get eliminated then so be it," said Gurney. "I've won two games so it's so far, so good.
"I was taking out some finishes with my last dart, there was the 144 and I think a 68 which really hurt him. I'm glad to play a game for once that was as good as I've been practising.
"I hung in there and took my opportunities. If I can keep that up, I'll be hard to beat. I've got Peter Wright tomorrow and if I can win that, I'll be very happy - there's not much more I can do."
DUZZA BEATS MVG!
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) August 26, 2020
Glen Durrant tops the Premier League table once again as he closes out a truly brilliant 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen with an average of over 104! pic.twitter.com/WMbS3lgqK3
Reigning PDC world champion Peter Wright made light work of Dutchman Jeffrey de Zwaan, averaging 102 on his way to a clinical 7-1 win.
In Wednesday night's opening match - the Premier League's Night Eight - Gerwyn Price gave his survival hopes a huge boost ahead of judgement night on Thursday by thrashing former two-time world champion Gary Anderson 7-1.
Cross, who lost 7-2 to Van Gerwen on Tuesday, must win on Thursday and hope other results go his way if he is to avoid elimination after losing 7-3 to Michael Smith.
LEAGUE TABLE!
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) August 26, 2020
So Glen Durrant reclaims his place at the top of the table, and Rob Cross is staring elimination in the face ahead of Judgement Night...#Unibet180 pic.twitter.com/mTt0eNl2VF
