Humphries was pegged back to 7-7 as Smith staged a thrilling fightback from 4-0 down in their last-eight clash in Wolverhampton but he won nine of the last 10 legs to finish in convincing fashion.

There was so nearly a repeat of the ‘greatest leg of darts’ contested between Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen in the 2023 World Championship final, as both Smith and Humphries both threw six perfect darts at to start the 11th leg of the match.

Smith hut a nine darter in that contest with Van Gerwen, but he just missed the double 12 to complete the magic leg this time and Humphries then failed to hit treble 20 with his seventh dart. Please review your details and accept them to load the content

There's a lot more in the tank and I can do better than that," admitted Humphries, who has aver

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