Wayne Mardle Darts Expert & Columnist @Wayne501Mardle Sunday 4 October 2026 23:27, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the World Grand Prix final where Luke Humphries recovered from 3-0 down to beat Gerwyn Price 6-4 in Leicester I may be wrong but, a few years ago, I don’t think Luke would have hung in a game like that to win it. That was sheer belief: guts and determination knowing that you can do it – and he can do it against anyone from any position. World Grand Prix results as Luke Humphries takes titleLuke Humphries wins World Grand Prix after epic comebackLatest Sky Sports deals or stream no contract with NOWDarts in 2026: Full tournament schedule and winners Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Wayne Mardle looks at how Humphries’ win sets him up for the rest of the darting year When you have won before, and Luke has done many, many times and in many, many ways, there is that belief of, ‘I’m under pressure but let’s just see as I know if I settle down my game can win’, rather than ‘oh no, I am going to get beat or get embarrassed 6-0’.He played his game and he won. I am not saying it’s that simple but sometimes you have to simplify it.
When he won the fourth set he relaxed and Price tightened up. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Humphries’ 105 checkout to deny Price a 4-0 lead in the final proved crucial in Leicester Humphries was in trouble, then a bit more and then a bit more – so to get out of it was an incredible effort.The last two sets were his best.He was under the cosh for more than an hour but didn’t succumb. He stood up to everything Gezzy threw at him, which was a lot.Luke can now go into the World Championship thinking, ‘someone stop me’. To do it in set-play registers and sticks with you.If Humphries and Price meet in a World final, something could crop up.
This is all about one-upmanship. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Humphries explains why his World Gran Prix victory – his first major crown in over a year – means so much to him On to Price, and he says things in the spur of the moment but the way he competes, he wants it. You can’t be as focused as he was in the final if you don’t care.It is disheartening and disappointing when you are 3-0 up and don’t win but he has lost enough finals to know nothing is a given.He is still a young man and will get many more opportunities. He knows he is good enough.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Gerwyn Price was left to rue ‘missed opportunities’ as he surrendered a big lead against Humphries and remained without a major win since 2022 But let’s get it right, the way Humphries played in the last two sets – a 106 average and a 107 average – is unplayable.Gezzy can’t beat himself up too much.What’s next?The European Tour season continues with the Swiss Darts Trophy (October 9-11) and the Dutch Darts Championship (October 16-18) before the European Championship takes place in Dortmund, Germany from October 22-25.Sky Sports remains the home of darts with the Grand Slam of Darts (November 14-22) and World Darts Championship (December 10-January 3) both live. Stream darts and more through NOW with no contract.
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