00:00Luke Humphreys has made it clear he is ready to reclaim his place at the top of the darts world
00:07after being displaced by 18-year-old Luke Littler.
00:11Humphreys, who hails from the same city that has produced countless sporting talents,
00:15including rugby and football, had held the world number one spot for nearly two years
00:20but has seen his reign overshadowed by Littler's meteoric rise.
00:25Littler's triumph at the Grand Slam of Darts on Sunday,
00:27securing his fifth major title of the year and defeating Humphreys in the final,
00:32cemented his status as one of the sport's new dominant figures.
00:35I think we are. The finals show it, the stats show it.
00:39And like Luke said there, if everyone's getting bored of me and him,
00:42then someone needs to stop us, otherwise we're going to keep winning one and two.
00:46We're always going to meet in the final if we get past our opponents and we'll make it continue.
00:52Leeds-born Humphreys hasn't taken his fall lightly.
00:55Speaking on stage after the defeat, he vowed to challenge Littler at the World Championship
00:59and reclaim the crown he worked so hard to achieve.
01:04I'm ready for the Worlds now. I'm going to win the Worlds, Humphreys declared,
01:08emphasising his focus and determination.
01:12One game a day, it suits me. We're going to go to war.
01:15World Championships meeting him in the final.
01:18If someone obviously takes it off you, then you want it back.
01:21The rivalry between Humphreys and Littler is now among the most compelling in modern darts,
01:28drawing comparisons with the likes of Carlos Alcaraz and Yannick Sinner in tennis,
01:32or golf Scottish Sheffler and Rory McIlroy.
01:35Over the past two years, the pair has faced each other in six major finals, each winning three,
01:41and Littler has suggested that it's up to others to challenge them,
01:44highlighting just how dominant the two have become.
01:47For Leeds fans, Humphreys represents a hometown hero ready to fight back,
01:54determined to prove that his World No. 1 status was no fluke.
01:58With the World Championship looming and the stages set for an electrifying continuation
02:03of one of darts' most exciting rivalries,
02:07with Humphreys eager to make his mark once again,
02:09while keeping local pride firmly on his side.
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