Beau Greaves produced an impressive display to give Luke Humphries a scare before the former world champion progressed into the fifth round of the UK Open with a 10-7 victory.
A huge upset in the ‘FA Cup of darts’ appeared on the cards at Butlin’s in Minehead, but Humphries fought back to win five consecutive legs to go through before he urged Greaves to accept the joint-adulation of the crowd following a high-quality encounter.
Defending champion Dimitri Van den Bergh joined Littler and Humphries in the fifth round after a 10-6 victory over two-time winner Raymond van Barneveld.
In a battle between the two number one players in the men and women’s game, Greaves opened up a 7-5 advantage when Humphries missed a string of doubles.
“I am usually very good at a last-leg decider and I always back myself, but when you have not got the darts, obviously Peter then got off on a ton and I just thought I need to pile as much pressure on as I can.
