Kai Fan Leung claimed his Tour Card at the start of the year and has produced some good form since coming over to the UK which has been helped by the Hong Kong ace making it his home.

Leung has said in an interview with Darts World that he has stayed in the UK for parts of his opening year and a chance first meeting with Stephen Bunting brought him a practice partner and a new football team to support.

“In March I went back to Hong Kong during the pandemic. Then I returned for the Summer Series and now I’ll stay in the UK until the Autumn Series and see what happens then. When I won the Tour Card I decided to move over to the UK because my cousin is in Liverpool and I stay there," said Leung.

"When you engage in any sports in any country, you have to live there. Fly-in, fly-out is no way to make it happen."

"I took a chance to stay here. I have to wait for prize money in the bank account to stay alive. After the first event in Barnsley, luckily I sat at the same table as Stephen Bunting."

“We were chatting because he played a lot of soft tip in 2014 and then we realised he lived in St.Helens and I was in Liverpool. So I spend a lot of time with him and that helps so much.

He is so experienced in darts, playing the sport for over 20 years. He knows everything. He tells me to calm down if I lose!"

“Stephen is also turning me into a Liverpool fan. He has taken me to Anfield a couple of times. He took me to Liverpool against West Ham and they won and then Atletico Madrid and they lost.

“It’s great when you go to the stadium, everyone knows Stephen a lot of people support him. He also took me to the Premier League in Liverpool when he was a contender earlier this year. The atmosphere was wow, so different.”