“I had the 170, the nine-darter. I gave it everything" - Defeat for Humphries in incredible Hungarian Darts Trophy final

Luke Humphries missed out on Sunday night on the chance to win his second European Tour title of the year. He went down 8-7 against Dave Chisnall in the final of the Hungarian Darts Trophy.

Humphries, who managed to win the European Darts Matchplay in early July, also went down against Chisnall in the finals of both the Baltic Sea Darts Open and the Dutch Darts Championship earlier this year. “If you had told me this morning that I would have got to the final I wouldn’t have believed you,” Humphries said after battling through a back injury sustained on Saturday night.

“I need to give credit to myself because I really battled hard today. If that dart at double 12 had gone in, this probably would have been one of the greatest games I’ve ever played."

Humphries threw a nine darter in the final and managed to reel in the big fish. “I had the 170, the nine-darter. I gave it everything and although tiredness was creeping in, I still put up a great fight with five ton-plus averages this weekend," he explains. “I just could not shake Chizzy off. What a player he is. If he finds this form on a TV stage he will win one, and he’s a player that deserves to win one.”