MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 08:54 UK

Luke Littler beats Luke Humphries 6-5

PDC World Masters · Final · Sun 1 Feb

Luke Littler 6–5 Luke Humphries

LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1

0–1

Set 1, leg 1: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 51.

Luke Littler99.25leg average

Luke Humphries107.36leg average

51 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 2

1–1

Set 1, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Humphries cannot take out 74; Luke Littler takes out 41.

Luke Littler93.94leg average

Luke Humphries96.20leg average

41 CHECKOUT

LEG 3

1–2

Set 1, leg 3: Luke Humphries takes out 66.

Luke Littler98.50leg average

Luke Humphries107.36leg average

66 CHECKOUT

LEG 4Set 2 · leg 1

2–2

Set 2, leg 1 — Back level: Luke Littler takes out 153.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries91.25leg average

153 CHECKOUT

LEG 5Set 2 · leg 2

2–3

Set 2, leg 2: Luke Littler cannot take out 47; Luke Humphries takes out 20.

Luke Littler96.20leg average

Luke Humphries88.41leg average

20 CHECKOUT

LEG 6Set 2 · leg 3

3–3

Set 2, leg 3 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 40; Luke Littler takes out 20.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries117.75leg average

20 CHECKOUT 2 × 180

LEG 7Set 3 · leg 1

4–3

Set 3, leg 1 — Lead change: Luke Humphries cannot take out 81; Luke Littler takes out 41 for a break.

Luke Littler136.64leg average

Luke Humphries113.75leg average

BREAK OF THROW 41 CHECKOUT 3 × 180

LEG 8Set 3 · leg 2

5–3

Set 3, leg 2 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Littler takes out 78.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries101.25leg average

78 CHECKOUT

LEG 9Set 4 · leg 1

5–4

Set 4, leg 1 — Run stopped: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 40 for a break.

Luke Littler92.20leg average

Luke Humphries115.62leg average

BREAK OF THROW 40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 10Set 4 · leg 2

6–4

Set 4, leg 2 — Immediate break-back: Luke Littler takes out 121 for a break.

Luke Littler136.64leg average

Luke Humphries80.75leg average

BREAK OF THROW 121 CHECKOUT

LEG 11Set 4 · leg 3

7–4

Set 4, leg 3: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Littler takes out 121.

Luke Littler150.30leg average

Luke Humphries140.33leg average

121 CHECKOUT 2 × 180

LEG 12Set 5 · leg 1

8–4

Set 5, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 87; Luke Littler takes out 87 for a break.

Luke Littler136.64leg average

Luke Humphries119.00leg average

BREAK OF THROW 87 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 13Set 5 · leg 2

8–5

Set 5, leg 2 — Immediate break-back: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 36 for a break.

Luke Littler118.25leg average

Luke Humphries150.30leg average

BREAK OF THROW 36 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 14Set 5 · leg 3

8–6

Set 5, leg 3: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Humphries takes out 20.

Luke Littler110.50leg average

Luke Humphries107.36leg average

20 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 15Set 6 · leg 1

8–7

Set 6, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 76; Luke Humphries takes out 16 for a break.

Luke Littler97.00leg average

Luke Humphries115.62leg average

BREAK OF THROW 16 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 16Set 6 · leg 2

8–8

Set 6, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 65; Luke Humphries takes out 40.

Luke Littler92.20leg average

Luke Humphries88.41leg average

40 CHECKOUT

LEG 17Set 7 · leg 1

8–9

Set 7, leg 1 — Lead change: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 82.

Luke Littler80.33leg average

Luke Humphries136.64leg average

82 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 18Set 7 · leg 2

9–9

Set 7, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 87; Luke Littler takes out 30.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries115.25leg average

30 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 19Set 7 · leg 3

10–9

Set 7, leg 3 — Lead change: Luke Humphries cannot take out 40; Luke Littler takes out 20 for a break.

Luke Littler88.41leg average

Luke Humphries80.17leg average

BREAK OF THROW 20 CHECKOUT

LEG 20Set 8 · leg 1

11–9

Set 8, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 44; Luke Littler takes out 40.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries123.25leg average

40 CHECKOUT 3 × 180

LEG 21Set 8 · leg 2

11–10

Set 8, leg 2 — Run stopped: Luke Littler cannot take out 20; Luke Humphries takes out 67.

Luke Littler96.20leg average

Luke Humphries88.41leg average

67 CHECKOUT 2 × 180

LEG 22Set 8 · leg 3

11–11

Set 8, leg 3 — Back level: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 81 for a break.

Luke Littler119.00leg average

Luke Humphries150.30leg average

BREAK OF THROW 81 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 23Set 9 · leg 1

11–12

Set 9, leg 1 — Lead change: Luke Humphries takes out 108.

Luke Littler120.25leg average

Luke Humphries107.36leg average

108 CHECKOUT

LEG 24Set 9 · leg 2

12–12

Set 9, leg 2 — Back level: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Littler takes out 40.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries88.75leg average

40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 25Set 9 · leg 3

12–13

Set 9, leg 3: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Humphries takes out 36.

Luke Littler89.75leg average

Luke Humphries107.36leg average

36 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 26Set 10 · leg 1

13–13

Set 10, leg 1 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 82; Luke Littler takes out 40.

Luke Littler115.62leg average

Luke Humphries116.25leg average

40 CHECKOUT

LEG 27Set 10 · leg 2

14–13

Set 10, leg 2 — Lead change: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Littler takes out 64 for a break.

Luke Littler136.64leg average

Luke Humphries109.25leg average

BREAK OF THROW 64 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 28Set 11 · leg 1

15–13

Set 11, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 65; Luke Littler takes out 25 for a break.

Luke Littler107.36leg average

Luke Humphries99.40leg average

BREAK OF THROW 25 CHECKOUT 1 × 180

LEG 29Set 11 · leg 2

16–13

Set 11, leg 2 — Match dart: Luke Littler cannot take out 60; Luke Littler takes out 20.

Luke Littler93.94leg average

Luke Humphries88.40leg average

20 CHECKOUT

FULL SCORE RECORD

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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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Luke Littler faces Luke Humphries at PDC World Masters in Final and the match quickly starts producing the kind of moments that make live darts so tense. By the finish it is Luke Littler who has the result at 6-5, but every leg has its own part to play on the way there. Set 1, leg 1: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 51. Set 1, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Humphries cannot take out 74; Luke Littler takes out 41.

Set 1, leg 3: Luke Humphries takes out 66. Set 2, leg 1 — Back level: Luke Littler takes out 153. Set 2, leg 2: Luke Littler cannot take out 47; Luke Humphries takes out 20. Set 2, leg 3 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 40; Luke Littler takes out 20.

Set 3, leg 1 — Lead change: Luke Humphries cannot take out 81; Luke Littler takes out 41 for a break. Set 3, leg 2 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Littler takes out 78. Set 4, leg 1 — Run stopped: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 40 for a break. Set 4, leg 2 — Immediate break-back: Luke Littler takes out 121 for a break.

Set 4, leg 3: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Littler takes out 121. Set 5, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 87; Luke Littler takes out 87 for a break. Set 5, leg 2 — Immediate break-back: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 36 for a break. Set 5, leg 3: 180 from Luke Littler; Luke Humphries takes out 20.

Set 6, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 76; Luke Humphries takes out 16 for a break. Set 6, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 65; Luke Humphries takes out 40. Set 7, leg 1 — Lead change: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 82. Set 7, leg 2 — Back level: Luke Littler cannot take out 87; Luke Littler takes out 30.

Set 7, leg 3 — Lead change: Luke Humphries cannot take out 40; Luke Littler takes out 20 for a break. Set 8, leg 1 — 3 legs in a row: Luke Humphries cannot take out 44; Luke Littler takes out 40. Set 8, leg 2 — Run stopped: Luke Littler cannot take out 20; Luke Humphries takes out 67. Set 8, leg 3 — Back level: 180 from Luke Humphries; Luke Humphries takes out 81 for a break.

The match contains 10 breaks of throw and 5 clear lead changes. The decisive difference comes in the moments when one player reaches a finish, the other is close enough to punish a miss, and the next visit suddenly matters more than the average.

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