MATCH REPORT Final report · updated 09:32 UK

Luke Humphries beats Luke Littler 7-5

World Series: Nordic Masters · Semi-finals · Sat 6 Jun

Luke Littler 5–7 Luke Humphries
LEG-BY-LEG COMMENTARY

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LEG 1
1–0

Leg 1: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries cannot take out 60 and leaves 40, Luke Littler punishes it immediately by taking out 16 in 1 dart. Luke Littler leads 1-0.

Luke Littler79.11leg average
Luke Humphries76.83leg average
16 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 2
1–1

Leg 2 — back level: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Humphries takes out 81 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. We're level at 1-1.

Luke Littler113.33leg average
Luke Humphries136.64leg average
81 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 3
1–2

Leg 3 — lead change: Luke Humphries closes 164 with Luke Littler waiting on 20 in 1 dart; 10 darts in total, a break of throw. Luke Humphries leads 2-1.

Luke Littler120.25leg average
Luke Humphries150.30leg average
BREAK OF THROW 164 CHECKOUT
LEG 4
1–3

Leg 4 — 3 in a row: Luke Humphries takes out 76 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 3-1.

Luke Littler85.25leg average
Luke Humphries107.36leg average
76 CHECKOUT
LEG 5
2–3

Leg 5 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler takes out 25 in 1 dart. Luke Humphries leads 3-2.

Luke Littler115.62leg average
Luke Humphries95.50leg average
25 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 6
2–4

Leg 6: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Humphries takes out 32 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 4-2.

Luke Littler95.25leg average
Luke Humphries107.36leg average
32 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 7
3–4

Leg 7: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Littler closes 40 with Luke Humphries waiting on 80 in 1 dart. Luke Humphries leads 4-3.

Luke Littler115.62leg average
Luke Humphries105.25leg average
40 CHECKOUT 2 × 180
LEG 8
4–4

Leg 8 — back level: Luke Littler closes 66 with Luke Humphries waiting on 92 in 2 darts; a break of throw. We're level at 4-4.

Luke Littler107.36leg average
Luke Humphries81.80leg average
BREAK OF THROW 66 CHECKOUT
LEG 9
4–5

Leg 9 — immediate break-back: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries closes 132 with Luke Littler waiting on 54 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total, a break of throw. Luke Humphries leads 5-4.

Luke Littler111.75leg average
Luke Humphries150.30leg average
BREAK OF THROW 132 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 10
4–6

Leg 10: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries closes 40 with Luke Littler waiting on 72 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 6-4.

Luke Littler107.25leg average
Luke Humphries107.36leg average
40 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 11
5–6

Leg 11 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler closes 47 with Luke Humphries waiting on 94 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. Luke Humphries leads 6-5.

Luke Littler150.30leg average
Luke Humphries135.67leg average
47 CHECKOUT 1 × 180
LEG 12
5–7

Leg 12 — match-clinching leg: Luke Humphries takes out 32 in 2 darts; 14 darts in total. That's the match - Luke Humphries wins 7-5.

Luke Littler63.25leg average
Luke Humphries107.36leg average
32 CHECKOUT
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MATCH REPORT

The final story

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We are underway at World Series: Nordic Masters in Semi-finals with Luke Littler against Luke Humphries. The scoring swings from leg to leg before Luke Humphries finally seals it 7-5, with the pressure rising whenever the players move into finishing range.

Leg 1: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries cannot take out 60 and leaves 40, Luke Littler punishes it immediately by taking out 16 in 1 dart. Luke Littler leads 1-0. Leg 2 — back level: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Humphries takes out 81 in 2 darts, 11 darts in total. We're level at 1-1. Leg 3 — lead change: Luke Humphries closes 164 with Luke Littler waiting on 20 in 1 dart; 10 darts in total, a break of throw. Luke Humphries leads 2-1.

Leg 4 — 3 in a row: Luke Humphries takes out 76 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 3-1. Leg 5 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler takes out 25 in 1 dart. Luke Humphries leads 3-2. Leg 6: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Humphries takes out 32 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 4-2.

Leg 7: Maximum from Luke Humphries! Luke Littler closes 40 with Luke Humphries waiting on 80 in 1 dart. Luke Humphries leads 4-3. Leg 8 — back level: Luke Littler closes 66 with Luke Humphries waiting on 92 in 2 darts; a break of throw. We're level at 4-4. Leg 9 — immediate break-back: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries closes 132 with Luke Littler waiting on 54 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total, a break of throw. Luke Humphries leads 5-4.

Leg 10: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Humphries closes 40 with Luke Littler waiting on 72 in 2 darts. Luke Humphries leads 6-4. Leg 11 — run stopped: Maximum from Luke Littler! Luke Littler closes 47 with Luke Humphries waiting on 94 in 1 dart, 10 darts in total. Luke Humphries leads 6-5. Leg 12 — match-clinching leg: Luke Humphries takes out 32 in 2 darts; 14 darts in total. That's the match - Luke Humphries wins 7-5.

Luke Humphries posts the higher three-dart average, 105.42 compared with 100.85. Luke Littler hits 6 maximums and Luke Humphries hits 3. On the doubles, Luke Littler converts 50.0% and Luke Humphries finishes at 50.0%. Luke Humphries's longest burst is 3 legs in a row.

Luke Humphries has the result, but the final score only tells part of it. The match contains 3 breaks of throw and 1 clear lead change. 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.

About this commentary: All Things Darts Match Centre compiles it from the stored match result, statistics and ordered visit-by-visit scoring. It does not invent exact doubles, missed darts or dart segments that are not present in the source data. Per-leg averages are only labelled as exact when darts used are available for every recorded visit in that leg.

MATCH DATA

Match statistics

100.853-dart avg105.42
6180s3
66Highest checkout164
50%Checkout %50%
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