Humphries on celebration after Van Duijvenbode win: "Dirk was trying to intimidate me, that's why I celebrated hard"

Luke Humphries moved past Dirk van Duijvenbode into the second round of the World Grand Prix in a successful 2-0 win for 'Cool Hand Luke'.

But it was definitely Cool Hand as the UK Open finalist admitted post match that he struggled with the arena being cold and producing his best game as a result.

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"I'm not very happy at all, I think I was very poor there. Especially the first set, I just knew something weren't right there. I didn't play very good, my hands are really cold. The arena is really cold, I didn't really expect it to be so cold. I was really struggling to let go of the darts the way I want them,"

Preparation

He also discussed preparation for the tournament and the fine margins he wants to correct especially in a double start format.

"Actually I did lots of in depth stuff. I watched plenty of my games back on YouTube. I always thought I was a really good double 20 hitter on the stage but a stat came out that I wasn't very good on the tops. This game is all about perfection, little millimeters."

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Celebration

As well as his show of emotion at the end which Humphries said was due to Van Duijvenbode initially giving it in the first place.

"I'm not really one of them people that gets involved with celebrating but if people celebrate against me, try and show their emotions, I'll make sure they know about it. I think Dirk was celebrating a lot at the end there trying to intimidate me to make me think I'm behind you, you can miss. That's why I celebrated hard to let him know he lost."

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