On Friday, June 31 and Saturday, June 1, the US Darts Masters will be played at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden. Michael van Gerwen begins tournament as defending champion, after winning 8-0 over Canadian Jeff Smith in last year's final with Luke Littler making his debut.
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Several players in the US Darts Masters are pairing business with leisure and have been in New York since early this week. They are taking advantage of it to go see a few things, for example Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and Peter Wright posted images on Instagram from a bus tour of the city.
Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and Peter Wright in New York
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Luke Littler, by the way, starts the World Series of Darts tournament as a top favorite after winning the Premier League Darts last week. After his triumph at the O2 Arena, an emotional Littler said: "One thing I want to say - for all the doubters, hello! I have just picked up this, you are not doubting me anymore."
He added: "It was just one of those weird feelings of people saying I wasn't good enough. I had just got to the World Championship final and got picked as I did and I accepted the invite and went on to win it."
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