Red-hot Humphries aiming for World Matchplay glory: "On current form I am one of the top five players in the world"

Luke Humphries heads into this year's World Matchplay as a top attraction after a season which has seen him seal five PDC titles and really emerge as one of the darting elite.

Humphries faces Nathan Aspinall in a top first round tie and believes that Blackpool could see his first major title sealed.

“I know I have got the game to beat anybody, and this year has proved that,” said Humphries to the PDC.

“I said at the World Championships that I had these new darts which I thought could take me to the next level and I’m sat here with five titles now.

“I am hoping I will go on and win more titles this year, and hopefully a big one.

“That’s the next goal for me, to win a major and put myself up there in the top echelons of darts.”

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But it isn't just majors that Humphries is seeking with the World Number One spot his eventual goal.

“I think on current form I am one of the top five players in the world, but that can all change,” he added.

“I sometimes doubt myself too much. I need to start believing that I am one of the best players in the world.

“I still don’t think I’m consistently good enough at this moment in time, but in five to ten years time, I definitely believe I could be the world number one."

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