Luke Humphries 4-5 Nathan Aspinall*

The pressure is well and truly on the world number one now.

Nathan Aspinall seems to thrive when he is emotional in a darts match.

He holds his throw to go ahead for the first time and one leg away from victory.

Luke Humphries* 4-4 Nathan Aspinall

This one looks set to go all the way.

Both players are notching some good scores but with 76 remaining, Aspinall hits treble 20 and double 8 to draw level.

This match is finely poised.

Luke Humphries 4-3 Nathan Aspinall*

This match is going one way, then the other.

‘Cool Hand’ immediately breaks back to take the lead again.

With 61 remaining, he goes for the outer ring of the bull before hitting double 18 to take the leg.

Class.

Luke Humphries* 3-3 Nathan Aspinall

A low-scoring first visit opens the door for Aspinall.

He takes full advantage and gets down to a double first despite it being Humphries throw.

Nathan Aspinall hits his double to draw the match all level.

Luke Humphries 3-2 Nathan Aspinall*

Just as it seems the leg is going to go with the throw, ‘The Asp’ misses three darts at the double.

With 157 remaining, Humphries cannot get the outshot but hits 137 to leave himself on double 10 with Aspinall.

‘The Asp’ sends his first dart into single 10, the second misses double 5.

With the pressure on, he sends his last dart into the double bed.

Luke Humphries* 3-1 Nathan Aspinall

There is a reason why Luke Humphries is world champion.

He has nerves of steel when it matters most.

Pressure doesn’t exist in his vocabulary as he knocks off the double to take a two leg lead again.