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<\/p>\nLuke Littler has done it again, securing his first Winmau World Masters crown with a thrilling 6-5 triumph over defending champion Luke Humphries at Arena MK in Milton Keynes.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old back-to-back world champion pocketed the \u00a3100,000 top prize in what proved to be another rollercoaster encounter between the sport’s two dominant forces.<\/p>\n
It’s a remarkable achievement that extends Littler’s incredible unbeaten streak in major tournaments to 25 consecutive victories.<\/p>\n
The world number one hasn’t tasted defeat at a major since James Wade knocked him out of the European Championship second round back on 25 October 2025.<\/p>\n
Luke Littler won his maiden World Masters title after an incredible clash with Luke Humphries<\/p>\n
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Humphries was full of praise for his rival after the final, delivering a stunning verdict on Littler’s place in darting history.<\/p>\n
“I think he’s the greatest darts player who has ever lived,” the 30-year-old told ITV4.<\/p>\n
The world number two reflected on the match with admiration rather than frustration, acknowledging Littler’s mental strength when it matters most.<\/p>\n
“He has shown that through class. He never folds under pressure,” Humphries said.<\/p>\n
Despite his disappointment at falling short, Humphries remained confident in his own abilities, insisting he had demonstrated why he remains the second-best player on the planet.<\/p>\n
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Luke Humphries insisted Luke Littler is the greatest player “who ever lived” in almighty praise<\/p>\n
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Littler himself was utterly spent after crossing the finish line, admitting the victory had taken everything out of him.<\/p>\n
“I’m shattered, absolutely knackered,” he told ITV4 after sealing the win with double 10.<\/p>\n
The teenager revealed he was running on empty heading into the crucial final stages of the match.<\/p>\n
“Going into the last break at 5-4, I said I have nothing left, absolutely nothing, but I just managed to dig deep,” Littler explained.<\/p>\n
“I was fully focussed and managed to get the job done.”<\/p>\n
He described the week as “weird” and “tough at times” but celebrated battling through to emerge victorious in the first major of 2026.<\/p>\n
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Luke Littler is targeting further glory after an incredible 2026 already<\/p>\n
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Littler’s path to glory was far from straightforward, with the teenager riding his luck on multiple occasions throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n
Belgian thrower Mike De Decker had a match dart in the opening round on Friday but couldn’t capitalise, while Gerwyn Price squandered his own chance at double 20 during a nail-biting semi-final on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
In the final itself, Littler produced stunning checkouts of 153 and 121 twice, averaging 104.72 with 13 maximums.<\/p>\n
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The victory leaves him tantalisingly close to completing a clean sweep of every PDC ranked title, with only the European Championship now missing from his extraordinary collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Littler has done it again, securing his first Winmau World Masters crown with a thrilling 6-5 triumph…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[17321,2331,217,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-403485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-darts","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}