As the Luke Littler hype has seemingly settled across the world of darts, it was the World Matchplay stage at the Winter Gardens that was blessed with the latest darting brilliance and World Champion Luke Humphries who came out on top in another enthralling tournament in Blackpool.
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00:00Luke Humphreys added the world match play title to his world championship crown with
00:06a thrilling 18-15 defeat of Michael Van Gerwen. Humphreys sealed victory by hitting double
00:11twenty twice in a one hundred check out as Van Gerwen threatened to reel him in. He is
00:17only the fourth man to win both events in the same year after Van Gerwen, Peter Wright
00:23and Phil Taylor. Honestly I felt more emotion than when I won the world. I'm going to watch
00:29that double tops a hundred times tonight. I feel so blessed to have my name on that
00:34trophy. Humphreys continued his record of tonne plus averages throughout the tournament
00:40as he clocked 100.94 including 12 180s to clinch a £200,000 payday. The victory keeps
00:48cool hand at the peak of the world rankings. £600,000 in prize money is the gap to Michael
00:54Smith in second. Van Gerwen now dropping down to third.