2023-11-26 22:30:43
What an incredible finish at the Players Championship Finals! In a crazy match, Luke Humphries wins 11:9 once morest Michael van Gerwen and continues his outstanding winning streak.
For the Englishman, it is the third major title in just 49 days following his successes at the Darts World Grand Prix and the Grand Slam of Darts. This means he even puts darts greats like Phil Taylor and van Gerwen in the shade.
The Englishman already looked like the loser. His opponent set an enormous pace and played a nine-darter in the fifth leg, causing the hall to explode.
For MvG it was the tenth perfect leg in front of the TV cameras. He achieved three of them at the World Cup preparation tournament, where only four nine-darters were played.
“I’m completely floored, I’ve just been amazed for 20 minutes,” said SPORT1 expert Robert Marijanovic, on duty at DAZN on Sunday, given the strong level between MvG and Luke Humphries. The PDC was also amazed by van Gerwen and wrote: “Simply sublime!”
Van Gerwen, who at one point had a three-dart average of over 110 points, continued to pick up the pace and pulled away little by little. He went into the supposedly decisive break with a score of 9:5.
But suddenly “Cool Hand Luke” turned up the heat and let his opponent go. Humphries won the next six legs and barely allowed van Gerwen to throw a double field in this phase.
But Humphries’ hand was now shaking too. He used his fifth match dart, which landed in the Madhouse, of all places.
Stephen Bunting – Michael van Gerwen 9:10
Luke Woodhouse – Gabriel Clemens 7:10
James Wade – Luke Humphries 7:10
Damon Heta – Ryan Joyce 6:10
Michael van Gerwen – Gabriel Clemens 11:6
Luke Humphries – Ryan Joyce 11:3
Michael van Gerwen – Luke Humphries 9:11
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