Martin Lukeman’s wife Mel can’t help but smile at husband’s antics during his mauling by Luke Littler

MARTIN LUKEMAN'S woman Mel had a beaming grin connected her look arsenic she watched her hubby entertain the assemblage during his Grand Slam last defeat.

Lukeman fell astatine the last hurdle successful this year's Grand Slam of Darts, losing 16-3 to Luke Litter successful Wolverhampton.

Lukeman couldn't support gait with Littler's sensational darts arsenic helium was blown distant by the teen successful beforehand of a assemblage of rowdy darts fans.

But that didn't halt the 39-year-old from keeping his spirits up and entertaining the assemblage contempt the crippled being all-but retired of reach.

Lukeman had mislaid 15 CONSECUTIVE LEGS and was conscionable 1 limb distant from losing the crippled erstwhile helium managed to hold the inevitable and triumph 1 past clip to marque the people 15-3.

Although the tiny triumph had virtually nary bearing connected the lucifer itself, Lukeman soaked up the infinitesimal connected the oche with his arms outstretched and the assemblage cheering for his efforts.

It wasn't conscionable the darts fans who were chuffed to spot Lukeman person his infinitesimal successful the spotlight, but woman Mel too.

Camera's caught Mel beaming arsenic she watched on.

Mel has been bravely battling crab for 2 years and is present yet cancer-free.

Lukeman called his different fractional a "trooper" earlier his decision to Littler, claiming that he lone wanted to triumph to get a representation unneurotic connected stage and dainty her to a travel to the Bahamas aft everything she's been through.

He said: "My woman has been done truthful overmuch implicit the past 2 years and she’s inactive got a batch much to spell through.

"She hasn’t got crab anymore, it’s each prevention operations now. She’s a trooper, she isn’t going to permission me. She had six months of chemo until past March.

"There were a mates of operations. I didn’t privation to play darts but she kicked my a**e out. She besides inactive drove maine to play arsenic good adjacent though she was having treatment.

"I said I’d get the bid but she insisted connected driving me. She told maine to get my caput connected and conscionable play darts.

“I’m not bothered astir winning the money. All I privation is simply a representation of my woman Mel and I connected that signifier with the trophy. The wives and girlfriends spell done truthful overmuch s*** with america players. It’s conscionable crap with america losing, winning, atrocious moods.

“My woman drives miles for maine conscionable truthful I tin support practising. I privation to triumph it for her. We are going to Thailand successful January but I privation to dainty her to the Maldives the January aft truthful she tin bask herself.”

Unfortunately for Lukeman and Mel it wasn't meant to be, but the Watford thrower inactive earned a chill £70,000 - much than capable for a bully interruption to the Bahamas.

Despite not getting his hands connected the trophy, Lukeman was gracious successful defeat, gushing astir the prime of hostile Littler and backing him to spell connected to predominate the athletics for years to come.

He said: "This lad is simply a joke. But I instrumentality my chapeau disconnected to him, helium is perfectly awesome."

Adding: "If helium gets his caput on, hide astir Michael van Gerwen's records, helium is going to bushed Phil Taylor's records.

"If helium keeps his caput right, stays distant from portion and girls, helium is going to spell precise far.

"The lad is adjacent level. He comes from a assembly property similar myself and helium is doing the business, helium tin look aft his household now.

"I was alright successful the last giving it each ample with the crowd. But the lad is conscionable different."