Grand Slam of Darts 2024 LIVE RESULTS: Luke Littler pulls off an epic comeback to seal a last-8 spot – updates
LUKE LITTLER has booked his spot in the Grand Slam of Darts quarter-finals after seeing off Mike de Decker in an epic last-16 tie.
The Nuke survived a match dart to knock out the Belgian in Wolverhampton.
Heavy hitters Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith and Luke Humphries all suffered early exits.
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There’s good players in my group. I’ll have to be on form. Especially Martin Lukeman who has just qualified and three of his averages were all over a hundred. Fingers crossed I can get some points.
I’m focused on this event and hopefully I can stick with this throw and work through it.
I tried in Leicester [Grand Prix] and they went sort of well. Now I’ve found the dart that makes it go even better.
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I’m glad I won my European to get into the Slam. A lot of players in the top 10 didn’t make it.
It’s a great tournament and I love the round-robin format. It’s not like you get knocked out and you have to go home.
I’m working on a new throw, sort of. It’s not new, I’ve tried it before but never stuck with it. So hopefully that will be really good by January 2!
I haven’t done a lot of practice this week. I just feel good mentally.
I’ve got three days on the trot. Hopefully a day off and back on it again.
Peter WrightMore from Humphries
She’s doing what’s in the rules. If that changes, then things will change. But she’s not doing anything physically wrong.
So, no-one can blame her, she’s well within the rights to do what she does at the moment.
It’s a hard one, because there are so many different opinions that get thrown around.
It’d be nice if people let her get on with it and play. But yeah, I wish her all the best. Hopefully she gets a win and it’s good for her.
Luke Humphries
Humphries on Noa-Lynn
Luke Humphries told Noa-Lynn van Leuven’s detractors that she has earned her right to throw at the Grand Slam of Darts, saying: She hasn’t done anything illegal.
Of course I have sympathy for her because she’s a human and no-one likes being abused online.
She gets it a lot. But unfortunately, we all do. I get it as well for no reason sometimes. It’s the way life is nowadays.
The world can be a negative place and people just want to abuse people and bring them down. And that’s just the way it is.
The only thing I can suggest is to stay off social media, because it’s not a nice place at all.
Every sport has their rules and she qualifies in the rules. So, as much as it might annoy people, she’s not doing anything that’s illegal, she’s not cheating.
Luke HumphriesGrand Slam start times
1.10pm - Bunting vs Nijman
1.35pm - Rock vs Van Veen
2pm - Chisnall vs Scutt
2.25 - Noppert vs Greaves
2.50pm - Schindler vs Menzies
3-15pm - Cross vs Gates
3.40pm - Wright vs Lukeman
4.05pm - Smith vs Edhouse
7.10pm - Wade vs Mansell
7.35pm - Anderson vs Joyce
8pm - Van den Bergh vs Ilagan
8.25pm - Smith vs Suljovic
8.50pm - Van Gerwen vs Van Leuven
9.15pm - Littler vs Barry
9.40pm - Humphries vs Rodriguez
Grand Slam fixtures
Bunting vs Nijman
Rock vs Van Veen
Chisnall vs Scutt
Noppert vs Greaves
Schindler vs Menzies
Cross vs Gates
Wright vs Lukeman
Smith vs Edhouse
Wade vs Mansell
Anderson vs Joyce
Van den Bergh vs Ilagan
Smith vs Suljovic
Van Gerwen vs Van Leuven
Littler vs Barry
Humphries vs Rodriguez