Luke Humphries has turned Madison Square Garden into his World Series stronghold after retaining the US Darts Masters with an 8-7 final win over Luke Littler in New York.
The Friday night finish gives Humphries back-to-back US titles and another direct hit in the sport’s defining current rivalry. Littler had reached the final by beating Jim Long and James Wade, but Humphries came through Stephen Bunting and Gian van Veen before edging the final leg.
The result matters beyond the trophy lift. Humphries has now added a fresh World Series title to a summer already shaped by England’s World Cup win with Littler, and the pair are again carrying the biggest PDC storylines into the next major stretch.
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According to Sky Sports’ US Darts Masters results, Humphries beat Littler in a deciding leg after also seeing off Van Veen 7-6 in the semi-finals.
That sequence is the key point. Humphries was pushed hard twice on finals night and still found the last leg twice, first to stop Van Veen and then to deny Littler.
With the World Matchplay at the Winter Gardens running from July 18-26, New York has given the PDC a clean handover: Littler remains the headline draw, but Humphries leaves the United States with the title, the nerve and another argument that the biggest matches still bend his way.
