Luke Humphries makes frightening prediction about Luke Littler that he couldn’t stop thinking about before final
LUKE HUMPHRIES predicted that Luke Littler will “dominate darts” just moments after becoming World Champion.
The Brit got the better of his teenage opponent in a thriller at the Ally Pally on Wednesday night.
Humphries looked to have fallen off after going 4-2 down in sets.
But he produced a brilliant comeback to seal a 6-4 victory while becoming the world’s No1-ranked player.
Humphries also tasted success at the World Grand Prix, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals in previous months.
Yet he feels it will be Littler who will go on the “dominate” the sport.
The 16-year-old prodigy and junior champion was not expected to get past the first round.
However, Littler took down giants like Rob Cross and idol Raymond van Barneveld to claim the £200,000 runners-up prize.
And Humphries admits he was desperate to win yesterday’s final as he may not get another chance with Littler sure to get even better.
Humphries said: “I honestly can’t put into words how great this feels.
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“All day, in the back of my mind, I’ve been thinking: ‘Get this won now because he is going to dominate world darts soon!’
“He’s an incredible talent and I had to win this tonight. He’s going to win plenty, I’m sure.
“He’s one of the best players in the world, there’s no doubt about that.”
As for Humphries own ambitions following another major title, he added: “I don’t want to say I’ve completed darts but I’ve done everything that was on the resume.
“Now it’s about motivating yourself to do more: I want to be a double world champion and win loads of majors.”
Reflecting on the key moment Littler missed the chance to go 5-2 up in sets, Humphries said: “That felt like a massive turning point. He missed one dart.
“I think he got an unlucky deflection into treble 18. If it’s 5-2 it becomes a really uphill task.
“I can’t lie to you, on that last double eight my hand was shaking like mad. It just fell in for me, it was very fortunate.
“I’m world champion and world No1, I can’t ask for more, I really can’t.”