Luke Humphries heeft zijn derde European Tour titel van 2022 gewonnen na een 8-7 overwinning op Rob Cross in de finale van de European Darts Grand Prix.
Humphries was een week eerder nog succesvol tegen Cross in de finale van de Czech Darts Open in Praag en herhaalde dat resultaat in de finale van de European Darts Grand Prix in Stuttgart om wederom de £25.000 eerste prijs te pakken.
Cross zorgde er deze week voor dat de finale tot een beslissende leg ging, maar kwam voor de zevende keer net te kort in de finale van een Euro Tour toernooi.
HUMPHRIES: "It's fantastic. Rob's one of the nicest guys in the PDC and it's no coincidence [that] we have practiced together for the last two European Tours and made the final together.
It was a great game, full of everything. At the start of that game we must have been averaging 113-114, it felt amazing. I know I dropped off a little bit but then I missed because Rob put me under pressure.
I thought I played fantastic there but Rob was the better player overall because he was consistent throughout the whole game.
I missed a couple of match darts but that 108 was clinical and one of the best out-shots of my career.
I'm making huge strides in the game and there's a lot more to come."
DE PDC European Tour gaat verder met de Jack's Dutch Darts Championship in de IJsselhallen in Zwolle van 27 t/m 29 mei.
Interwetten European Darts Grand Prix 2022
Zondag 22 mei
Middagsessie
Derde ronde
Martin Schindler 6-5 Martin Lukeman
Damon Heta 6-5 Ryan Searle
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-3 Daryl Gurney
Rob Cross 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Andrew Gilding
Luke Humphries 6-3 Joe Murnan
Peter Wright 6-1 Jonny Clayton
Danny Noppert 6-4 Nathan Rafferty
Avondsessie
Kwartfinale
Damon Heta 6-5 Martin Schindler
Rob Cross 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Luke Humphries 6-0 Brendan Dolan
Peter Wright 6-1 Danny Noppert
Halve finale
Rob Cross 7-4 Damon Heta
Luke Humphries 7-4 Peter Wright
Finale
Luke Humphries 8-7 Rob Cross
© Foto: Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)