‘He’s in that cauldron’ – Humphries fears potential quarter-final opponent is threat to World Darts Championship hopes
LUKE HUMPHRIES has named the darts rival who could be a MAJOR threat to himself and Luke Litter in the World Darts Championship.
The Englishman reached the third round after defeating Paul Lim last time out as he looks to navigate his way to title glory.
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Luke Humphries has named Gian van Veen as a major Ally Pally threatCredit: PA
Gian Van Veen celebrates his win over Alan Soutar in round twoCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Cool Hand faces Gabriel Clemens in the next round before a potential showdown with Nathan Aspinall after that.
But it is the possible meet in the quarter-final with Gian van Veen that he believes could prove to be a huge hurdle.
Humphries has already lost to him in THREE TV events this year and he reckons the Dutchman is more than capable of beating the big hitters at Ally Pally.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Luke said: “There are so many great players out there. Gian is definitely one of them that is capable of beating, me for sure, he’s beaten me quite a few times, he’s definitely capable of beating Luke as well.
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“It’s not about people stepping up. It’s about people trying to break the fold of us making finals all the time.
“But there are definitely players out there that can do it.
“It’s just you have to prove it over a consistent manner. You can’t have one time, then six or 12 months not doing it again.
“A quarter-final would be really lovely to play against him. I’ve lost three times on TV to him this year, and I felt like a couple of them I should have won.
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“I’m not looking for revenge or anything like that, because that doesn’t faze me, but I’d love to beat the best players to win this tournament.
“If I beat Gabriel [Clemens] in the next one, possibly, and then I’m playing Nathan [Aspinall], and I beat him, and I beat Gian, and then I’m playing Michael [van Gerwen], then maybe Luke Littler in the final, you know that you’ve really worked hard and earned that right of being world champion.
“I’d love to play [Van Veen] in the quarter-finals. He’s in that cauldron of me and Luke being the three top darts players in the world right now.
“He’s in form, and I’d have to really play well to beat him, but he’d also have to play really well to beat me.”
