PETER WRIGHT’S mind games worked perfectly as he out-psyched Luke Humphries to dethrone the world champion in frenetic fashion. Snakebite, 54, defied the 25-year age gap and produced a masterclass of finishing to win 4-1 in the fourth round of the PDC World Darts Championship and back up his pre-game trash talk . Advertisement 5 Peter Wright produced his best performance of the year to knock out Luke Humphries Credit: Rex 5 Luke Humphries was easily beaten by Wright as his title defence came to an end Credit: Rex 5 Wright and Humphries embraced after the match 5 Wright teared up as he exchanged some words with the fallen champion 5 It was clearly an emotional moment for Scotsman Wright Follow all the action from the World Darts Championship as it happens with SunSport's LIVE blog Humphries , 29, dramatically bombed out of the competition, almost 12 months after he ruled the world for the first time.
The world No1 will not defend the Sid Waddell Trophy – Gary Anderson in 2016 was the last man to achieve that feat – after suffering his first defeat in nine successive games on the Ally Pally stage. It spectacularly opens up the top half of the draw and means 17-year-old Luke Littler has an excellent chance to become the youngest world champion in history. READ MORE IN DARTS HAM FISTED World Darts Championship star in Christmas Day hospital dash after ham accident Two-time world champion Wright went from his sick bed to the doubles bed and took out exactly 70 per cent of hi.