Luke Humphries hits back at Peter Wright ahead of Ally Pally clash - 'He's had a lot to say'
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Luke Humphries has fired back at Peter Wright ahead of their fourth-round clash at the World Darts Championship. Two-time world champion Wright, who lifted the Sid Waddell trophy in 2020 and 2022, name-dropped defending champion Humphries and teenage sensation Luke Littler ahead of the tournament and insisted he could "upset" them both.
"People think, 'Oh, he should be retiring, he should be going to the old gits' thing' (the seniors tour)," Wright said. "No, I'm not ready for that yet. I'm ready to upset Luke Littler. I'm here to upset Luke Humphries. "I believe I can win it again. I won one of the European Tour events (the German Darts Championship), beat Luke Littler in the final 8-5, and won six legs on the trot. You can overlook me if you like - I don't care.
"What drives me on? Luke Humphries and Luke Littler because I know I can still compete with them. Based on what I’m doing in practice, I can compete with these guys and be better than them.". Wright has now set up a clash with Humphries after he overcame a chest infection to beat Jermaine Wattimena in the third round. And Humphries has now responded to Wright after he won his third round match against Nick Kenny.
"He's had a lot to say over the last couple of weeks where he says that he doesn't fear me and Luke Littler, but he said he's going to smash us," Humphries said. "The pressure's on him now because if he doesn't then the egg's on his face, not mine. "I'm really, really relaxed and if he doesn't beat us then it's going to look silly on him, not me. I just think Peter loves to play the mind games, but they don't work with me. I'm one world title away from almost matching his career, and I'm about 25 years younger, so I think one world title would match everything he's ever achieved in the game.
