Luke Humphries hits out at trolls who name him ‘worst world champion’ after loss

Luke Humphries has answered trolls who branded him darts‘ “worst world champion” after a freak defeat and snapped: “Get off my back.”

Cool Hand Luke bounced again from a 6-0 whitewash by Ian White within the opening Players Championship flooring match of the season to achieve the ultimate on the Premier League’s Glasgow assembly 72 hours later.

And the world No.1 known as on the critics to evaluate him on his physique of labor, not a blow-out in a draughty Wigan tennis centre. Humphries averaged solely 81 towards White, a grim parody of the participant who went on a 20-match unbeaten run and profitable 4 Majors both facet of the New Year – together with the large one at Alexandra Palace.

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Humphries mentioned: “I was written off and called the worst world champion, so I just wanted to come out and play well in Glasgow. In the end I was quite unlucky not to win and I’m proud of how I played.

“I’m not really that frustrated about what happened on Monday. I’m disappointed to lose, but you can’t win every game you play.”

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He mentioned: “I perceive the pressures of being world champion however each sport you lose, just like the Ian White sport on Monday, can occur. No excuses, I acquired pretty crushed.

“But when all people will get in your again, it will probably grow to be tiresome. I in all probability over-achieved on the again finish of final yr – no-one anticipated it, so it might be good if individuals stayed off my again a little bit bit.

“It’s not simply me – Luke [Littler] will get a lot strain as properly and it’s robust if you find yourself comparatively new to it.

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“I don’t feel the target on my back, but every time you lose a game, suddenly everyone is against you and everyone thinks you are going to fall by the wayside.

“You can’t always play well – I’ve played a lot of darts in the past four or five months and there have been a lot of ups and not many downs. I’m still learning that, with my status as world champion, comes a lot of pressure but I’m learning to handle it.”