Luke Littler shows true colours with telling answer about Luke Humphries

Luke Littler discussed his rivalry with Luke Humphries aft winning the Grand Slam of Darts, with the World Championship astatine Ally Pally coming person into view

Luke Littler didn't clasp backmost successful his admiration for Luke Humphries aft stealing Cool Hand's Grand Slam of Darts crown.

The 17-year-old darting phenom is on unreality 9 aft his triumph successful Wolverhampton, wherever helium defeated Martin Lukeman 16-3 successful the final. He volition present caput into this weekend's Players Championship Finals – and the World Darts Championship astatine Ally Pally – as the bookies' favourite to extremity his twelvemonth with 2 much titles.

One man, successful particular, who stands successful his mode of specified a feat is reigning world champion Humphries. The 2 did conflict successful past year's Ally Pally final and person traded aggregate blows since – and their adjacent large match-up promises to nonstop sparks flying, too.

Despite their rivalry connected the board, the narration betwixt Littler and Humphries remains beardown – arsenic the caller satellite no.5 revealed successful an interrogation with Sky Sports aft the Grand Slam.

Appearing connected Sky Sports News conscionable a time aft clinching his archetypal large TV ranking title, Mike Wedderburn queried Littler connected his chances against Humphries successful their adjacent encounter. Littler retorted: "I'll try," acknowledging the 29-year-old's exceptional talent, adding: "He's evidently a people player. And not lone is helium 1 of the best, but he's besides 1 of the soundest players connected the tour.

"Obviously we spell mode back, I was playing him erstwhile I was 12-years-old. And present you look astatine some of america now, some successful the apical 5 successful the world."

Littler's admittance shows the benignant of subordinate helium is and the respect helium has for his peers. The teenager's eyes are present acceptable connected the Players Championship Finals successful Minehead, the past important tourney earlier the much-awaited world's footwear disconnected connected December 15. "I person 2 large tournaments near this twelvemonth and I privation to triumph them both," helium boldly claimed up of the tournament.

Yet, Littler has refuted the thought that helium and his counterpart are the sole architects of darts' caller era. He lauded Lukeman's efforts, who astatine 39, reached his archetypal large last successful Wolverhampton, contempt a dense decision to the young sensation with a last people of 16-3, reports the Express.

But, adjacent aft his caller victory, Littler seems to person kept his feet connected the ground. Discussing his abbreviated interruption earlier heading to Butlin's, helium said: "I'm going to chill with my friends similar I'm doing now.

"I'll get acceptable to marque the agelong travel down to Minehead. Chill, spell for immoderate nutrient - evidently I didn't instrumentality my Xbox with maine truthful been playing that each time today."

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