Luke Humphries is happy for the limelight to be in Luke Littler “I’m nearly 30 now! Meeting celebrities, that’s not the top of my list anymore”

Since winning the World Championship back in January Humphries has played second fiddle to Littkler in the media. This was heightened even more when Littler won the Premier League in May.

Humphries added the second-biggest ranking title behind the Worlds as he masters the Matchplay at the iconic Winter Gardens, to join a very elite club.

Despite being the unquestionably top dog in darts today, much of the fan excitement in the sport still surrounds the man Humphries beat in the World Darts Championship final, Luke Littler, which Humphries is not complaining about.

“I think a lot of the fans sort of respect and understand the things I’ve achieved and how incredible it is,” Humphries assesses. “Luke obviously is fantastic with his social media presence and all the celebrities he meets and stuff like that. If I was 18 years old, maybe I’d feel a little bit jealous but I’m nearly 30 now! Meeting celebrities, that’s not the top of my list anymore. Doing things like that doesn’t interest me. But for Luke, a 17-year-old, it must be amazing.”

 

 

Luke reflects on his title win in Blackpool at the World Matchplay. “This one’s super special. Feels so great to have them two massive tournaments under my belt in the same calendar year,” Humphries says in conversation with Online Darts, referencing his World Darts Championship win from earlier this year. “The World Championships was the dream, but of course, to match it up with the Matchplay as well, it’s a phenomenal achievement for myself.”

“My dad just can’t belive it. He never in his wildest dreams would have expected all these tournament wins to be in such a short space of time,” Humphries says with a smile. “There’s no other tournament thqt if I was to retire anytime, that I would look back and think ‘God I wish I would have won that!'”