Peter Wright is eyeing a momentous third World Darts Championship title success after sensationally ending the reign of Luke Humphries.

Snakebite backed-up his bravado and rolled back the years with a scintillating show to take apart the World No.1. Wright had raised the hackles of Humphries by stating he didn’t fear him prior to the game. But the 54-year-old backed up his words with an outstanding display of scoring and finishing as he stormed to a runaway 4-1 win. Despite a poor season, Wright believes he is peaking at just the right time to add to his title wins in 2020 and 2022.

He said: “I’m a double world champion and I want to win it for a third time. I’m not too old and you only have to play well for three weeks in the whole year.

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“It doesn’t matter what you do in the whole year, these three weeks are all that matters. I thought I played rubbish to be honest. I hope I can score better in the next round. As long as this crowd is behind me, I have a great chance. I’ve been struggling with my form all year and it is so annoying because I know I can still play darts.

“Luke gave me a load of chances there. He didn’t play like he can. I’ve never had support like this in my life. It’s amazing. I switched darts to try and find something. It’s lucky I wasn’t playing the Luke Humphries of last year."

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