HUMPHRIES: I'M READY FOR A NUKE WAR

LUKE HUMPHRIES is ready for war.

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Far from being deflated by his run of major final defeats and losing the world No.1 spot to Luke Littler, "Cool Hand" has come out fighting.

His language - albeit with a smile - after losing the Grand Slam final to "The Nuke" was far removed from his rhetoric from his two years at the top of the darting tree.

"I'm ready for the Worlds now. I'm going to win the Worlds," he declared after the Grand Slam, which sees the semifinals and final played on the same day.

"One game a day [at the Worlds], it suits me, we're going to go to war: World Championship, meeting him in the final. We're going to see who's No1."