The main favorite of the tournament, 28-year-old Humphries, who became the world leader on Tuesday, beat Scott Williams in the semi-final 6-0, who had previously faced Michael van Gerwen himself, and also started the final very convincingly, winning easily the first set. Littler, who dropped 2018 champion Rob Cross 6-2 in the semi-final, recovered to go from 1-2 to 4-2 and was just one shot away from a seemingly secure 5-2.
It was at this point that Humphreys’ experience and composure came to the fore, as he managed to completely break the game and win five sets in a row, thus earning half a million pounds in prize money in addition to the world title. He has already confirmed his status with four victories in the last five televised PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) tournaments.
However, there is no doubt that Littler will have every chance to win many championships during his career, after all he has been training since he was still in diapers!
He has already surpassed Kirk Shepherd, who reached the World Cup final in 2008 at the age of 21 years and 88 days, and did not have the courage to beat Van Gerwen’s victory record at the age of 24. Time will tell if he will be able to surpass this result.
Littler, at least, won the attention of the media and the hearts of spectators: his semi-final was a record attendance of the darts tournament broadcast by Sky with 2.32 million viewers, beating the 2015 final, when the giant , two-time world champion Garry Anderson and the greatest darts thrower of all time, 16-time champion Phil Taylor, was watched by 1.65 million viewers.
There is no doubt that this final far surpassed the results of Littler’s semi-final.
2024-01-03 22:36:16
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