Stephen Bunting clinched his maiden World Series of Darts title with a brilliant 8-4 victory over Gerwyn Price in Friday's Bahrain Darts Masters final.
The 39-year-old, who secured his first televised PDC title just under a year ago with success in the Masters, once again made a perfect start to the new darting season.
Bunting – competing in Bahrain for the first time – produced some electrifying displays in the Middle East, defeating Nitin Kumar, Chris Dobey, Luke Humphries and Price on his way to glory.
The World Championship semi-finalist set a new tournament record average in his quarter-final victory over Dobey, averaging 111.33 to sweep aside his fellow debutant in six straight legs.
That record was very short lived however, as just 23 minutes and four seconds later, Price averaged a staggering 115.31 to defeat reigning champion and newly-crowned World Champion Luke Littler 6-2.
Bunting was unperturbed by Price’s heroics, and he completed a remarkable comeback in the semi-finals, as he came from 6-4 down to defeat world number one Humphries in a gripping last-leg shoot-out.
The former Lakeside Champion later capped off a stunning campaign with a convincing win over Price in just his second World Series final - over a decade since his first in Sydney back in 2014.
Quarter-Finals
Luke Humphries 6-5 Nathan Aspinall
Stephen Bunting 6-0 Chris Dobey
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Luke Littler
Peter Wright 6-4 Paolo Nebrida
Semi-Finals
Stephen Bunting 7-6 Luke Humphries
Gerwyn Price 7-4 Peter Wright
Final
Stephen Bunting 8-4 Gerwyn Price
