"Very happy to tick it off, said the 18-year-old, who revealed he will play in the World Youth Championship on Monday. It's not the easiest tournament to win. This week has been so tough, but now I've picked the trophy up it's one I can tick off and there's not many left. The match was closer than the scoreline suggested but Littler was flawless in deciding legs, winning each of the first four sets from 2-2."
"In the first leg of the third set, he came agonisingly close to a rare nine-dart finish in the format but missed his final dart at bullseye. In the fourth set, Humphries roused himself from 2-0 down with two big checkouts only for Littler to come up trumps again in the decider, leaving the world No 1 able only to smile and shake his head."
"On his precision when it counted, the teenager said: That's what I've learned from the past in the matchplay. I've got to perform the big out shots, the big scores when Luke does put me under pressure. I think I played very well tonight. Luke was always behind me, I couldn't step off the gas. I'm very happy to win."
Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries 6-1 to win his first World Grand Prix title in Leicester. Littler produced flawless finishing in deciding legs, taking each of the first four sets from 2-2. He narrowly missed a nine-dart finish in the first leg of the third set. Humphries mounted a response in the fourth and took the fifth with a 154 checkout, but Littler dominated the final two sets to close out the match. Littler emphasized learning to deliver big out-shots and maintaining pressure, while Humphries lamented missed opportunities and an uncharacteristic failure with double 16.
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