England's Luke Humphries fought back to end the fairytale run of 16-year-old Luke Littler and become world darts champion for the first time at a raucous Alexandra Palace on Wednesday.
Littler, whose staggering progress to the final has captured the imagination of the British public, was one dart away from a 5-2 lead in the best-of-13 set final.
But the 28-year-old world number one Humphries stormed back with a succession of 180s and clinical checkouts to reel off five successive sets and claim a 7-4 victory.
Humphries sealed victory with a nerveless double eight to claim the title and the 500,000 pounds ($633,100) winners' cheque.
Littler had been attempting to become the youngest-ever world darts champion.
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