Humphries claims maiden World Series title in NZ

World number 1 Luke Humphries produced a stunning comeback against rising teen prima Luke Littler successful nan semi-finals of nan New Zealand Masters connected his measurement to a maiden World Series title.

England's Humphries, who hit Littler successful nan last of nan PDC World Championship earlier this year, came from 6-2 down to hit nan 17-year-old 7-6 successful nan past 4 successful Hamilton.

He past cruised past Australia's Damon Heta 8-2 successful nan final.

"I've been searching for this," said nan 29-year-old connected ITVX. "I didn't deliberation I'd triumph a world title earlier I won a World Series [tournament] but it happened that way, I felt 1 was coming."

After losing nan opening limb of nan final, Humphries past reeled disconnected nan adjacent 5 to put himself into a commanding position against nan 2019 Brisbane Masters winner.

Humphries, who defeated Michael Smith 6-4 successful nan quarter-finals, past won nan past 3 legs to adjacent retired triumph pinch an mean of 102.21 for 3 darts complete nan final.

Littler had produced a good display, featuring 5 180s, to hit Dimitri van den Bergh 6-4 successful nan past eight, while runner-up Heta hit defending champion Rob Cross 6-5 successful nan quarter-finals and Peter Wright 7-4 successful nan semis.