"I've only won one big stage title this year" - Luke Humphries keen on strong performance at European Darts Trophy

Luke Humphries remains on track for his first European Tour title of the year. 'Cool Hand Luke' secured a 6-4 victory over Boris Krcmar in the second round of the 2025 European Darts Trophy and will now face Michael Smith in the last 16. Smith advanced with a convincing 6-2 win over home favorite Ricardo Pietreczko.

Humphries against Krcmar was a high profile match, in which both men posted a 100+ average. "I thought he [Krcmar] played really well, there was that one leg where he missed a lot of darts, maybe cost him the game in the end. It's a lot of wires again, it’s on the wire, I need to change that," Humphries reflected afterwards, full of praise for the big Croatian's performance.

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The 30-year-old Englishman is keen on a strong performance this weekend, after losing to Mike De Decker in his opening match at the first Euro Tour of the year, the Belgian Darts Open in Wieze.

"It’s frustrating for myself, I come up here feeling really good but it’s just not happening. I thought he was brilliant there, nice to get back to winning ways," he says. “I’m a perfectionist. I feel like, I’m playing okay but not getting the results. Wanted to get up here, get the feel for the throw and remind myself I can do it on the big stage. Of course, it wasn't my best performance, but I hit a few good finishes at the right time there. I love playing on the European Tour and losing in the first round two weeks ago was a little bit disappointing."

"Now I can put it right and have a good run this weekend. I've only won one big stage title this year [so far], the last few years it's been going better than that. I really feel up for it this weekend, I want to prove something for myself and maybe pick the title up," he adds.

'Cool Hand Luke' Humphries

As mentioned, in the last sixteen, Humphries will take on Michael Smith this afternoon.

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