In the duel of the darts superstars, Luke Littler prevails against Luke Humphries. A small mistake has a big impact.
The first duel of the evening already electrified the darts fans. On the sixth matchday of the Premier League in Nottingham, Luke Littler defeated his opponent Luke Humphries 6: 4 in the quarterfinals.
Probably the crucial scene of the mostly expected match took place in the eighth leg. At 4: 3 for Humphries, the world ranking list played only over the 20 segments at 265 points, but should have switched better to 19. At the end of the recording there was a score of 100 for Humphries and so 165 points remained.
Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries (right)
Littler punishes Humphries for dropouts
This is a bogey number, i.e. with three arrows and a double not to get to zero at the end. It was a fatal mistake. Because: This negligence used Littler Knallhart. The world champion checked 344 points with two recordings (180 & 164) and thus won.
“Cool Hand Luke” no longer recovered from this mistake and also lost the last two legs. Littler marched into the semi -finals.
Humphries should also be replaced at the top of the table. Before the match day, he led the ranking with 15 points. The first pursuer was Littler with 13 points.