World major Luke Humphries maintained his Players Championship Finals title with an 11-7 success over teen Luke Littler in Minehead.
Littler, that received the Grand Slam of Darts not too long ago, struck verify outs of 170, 164 and 136 as he endangered to rescind a really early scarcity, but Humphries held his nerve to win the final 3 legs.
“I’m really, really proud of that one to be honest,” Humphries knowledgeable Sky Sports.
“I didn’t really feel myself this week playing-wise, I felt like I used to be a dart behind in loads of the situations however there’s one thing that Luke does to you. He actually drives me, makes me wish to be a greater participant and I take pleasure in taking part in him.
“He let me in actually early in that first session to go 4-1 up, I by no means seemed again and I’m proud that I didn’t take my foot off the fuel. These massive video games are what I reside for.
“Luke is a particular expertise and he was proper – I mentioned to him I’ve received to get these (titles) early earlier than he wins all of them.
“I’d like to be up right here and hitting 105 averages like Luke is on a regular basis however he’s a unique calibre, he’s most likely the perfect participant on the planet proper now however there’s one thing about me that by no means provides up.
“This is a great way to go into the worlds.”
Littler, that shed the globe champion final to Humphries in 2015, acknowledged: “It was robust, missed a number of doubles and when you don’t take possibilities early on, it’s loads to return again.
“I hit the 170 and the 164 however simply didn’t have sufficient ultimately.
“It’s been a good past two weeks. I just can’t wait to go home, chill out, obviously practice at home for the worlds. That’s it now, leading up to the big one.”
