‘It crushes you inside’ – Luke Humphries apologetic after ruthlessly humiliating ‘best mate in darts’ 10-0 at UK Open
LUKE HUMPHRIES thrashed his "best mate" 10-0 then admitted: "It crushes you inside."
The world No.1 whitewashed the Wellington thrower at the UK Open darts last 32 encounter.
Humphries, 30, averaged a superb 100.2 and hit over 50 per cent of his doubles.
Searle could have made it trickier for the Leeds star as he missed TEN attempts at doubles.
Humphries raced into a 3-0 lead which carried him onto victory.
Searle had chances to win legs but missed a chance to finish on 112 as well as 56 as Humphries extended the lead to 6-0.
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Following that, the 2024 World Champion cruised to the whitewash win.
Searle had one more chance to win a leg but missed a dart to make it 8-1, to which Humphries punished to make it nine before winning.
After the final dart was thrown, Humphries embraced his buddy with both of them able to break a smile.
Speaking after the game, Humphries admitted that beating his "best mate" in that manner was not a nice feeling and claimed it "crushes you inside".
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Fans were left stunned by Humphries' performance as they reacted on social media.
One posted: "He just absolutely smacked Ryan Searle 10-0."
A second commented: "That’s why he's the best in the world."
A third commented: "This Humphries lad is just a bit good ain't he!"
A fourth said: "Unreal player."
Another joked: "Might as well have played against me would’ve been the same score."
Humphries already showed his class at the tournament as he embraced Beau Greaves after their match.
He beat the underdog after initially falling 7-5 behind before coming back to win.
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He then raised her hand aloft to the crowd in a touching gesture.
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List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 - Dennis Priestley
- 1995 - Phil Taylor
- 1996 - Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 - Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 - Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 - Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 - Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 - Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 - Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 - John Part
- 2004 - Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 - Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 - Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 - John Part (2)
- 2009 - Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 - Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 - Adrian Lewis
- 2012 - Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 - Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 - Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 - Gary Anderson
- 2016 - Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 - Rob Cross
- 2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 - Peter Wright
- 2021 - Gerwyn Price
- 2022 - Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 - Michael Smith
- 2024 - Luke Humphries
- 2025 - Luke Littler
Most World Titles
- 14 - Phil Taylor
- 3 - Michael van Gerwen
- 2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler