LUKE HUMPHRIES couldn’t help reacting as a rowdy Ally Pally crowd booed his stage walk for the Darts World Championship final with Luke Littler.
The world No1 showed he was up for the cupp-ing as he put his hands to his ears.
Luke Humphries responded to the fans’ banter, while Luke Littler smiled
Humphries showed a steely focus ahead of the final
In response, 16-year-old Littler smiled, looked down and focused on warming up.
Amazingly, Luke the Nuke strode out as the bookies’ favourite to beat Humphries.
Littler, a 50/1 title shot before the tournament, was the youngest player ever to reach the last 16 – let alone get this far.
And Humphries, 28, appeared to take the crowd’s preference for the Warrington whizkid in good heart.
He turned to clap all parts of the audience – but also cupped his ears.
Viewers seemed to appreciate the build-up.
One posted: “Luke Humphries in the spotlight! Let’s see what he’s got in store for us tonight!”
And as the frenzied atmosphere grew, another darts lover wrote: “Might be too much for The Nuke this!”
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Humphries had also been booed during his third-round win over Germany’s Ricardo Pietreczko.
But that was due to a large German influx backing their compatriot.
And before walking out to face Littler, Humphries had predicted: “I don’t think that I’ll get the same number of boos as I did against Ricardo.
“I think they’ll want a fair game the crowd. They’re going to want to see an amazing final, why wouldn’t you?”
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