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What about the other Luke?published at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time
With all this talk of Luke Littler, we should not forget it is another Luke – Humphries – who is world champion and world number one.
Humphries kicked off his title defence with a dominant 3-0 win over Thibault Tricole six nights ago.
Englishman Humphries, 29, has enjoyed a brilliant year. As well as his world championship win, Humphries lifted his maiden World Cup of Darts and World Matchplay titles, before retaining his Players Championship Finals crown in Minehead last month.
“Even if I don’t win again I will be proud of the year I have. It would be a beautiful way to top it off if I could become back-to-back world champion. But I have five games to get through,” he said,
Humphries will play Nick Kenny in the third round after the Welshman beat Raymond van Barneveld.