Luke Humphries’ gesture to female opponent Beau Greaves after UK Open classic has got darts fans talking

Luke Humphries' gesture to Beau Greaves after their UK Open clash has got darts fans talking.

Humphries and Greaves played out a thrilling match at the UK Open on Friday.

Humphries edged out Greaves 10-7 to move into the last 32 of the competition in Minehead.

Greaves, who had already beaten Stefan Bellmont, Rhys Griffin and Mickey Mansell to move into the fourth round, got off to a flying start with checkouts of 126 and 124.

She led 3-2 at the first break before Humphries fought back to level the contest 5-5.

The world No.1 women's player then moved 7-5 in front with a break of throw, but Humphries found his own break to lead 8-7.

'Cool Hand' showed his class to eventually secure the victory, beating Greaves 10-7, treating the Butlin's crowd to a classic.

After the match, as Greaves was leaving the stage, Humphries brought her back for more applause from fans in a classy move, which didn't go unnoticed among people online.

One X user wrote: "He’s a good guy, brilliant from Beau, maybe too many games in one day played."

A second added: "Luke Humphries has been a class & professional world #1 for over 12 months now. The lad is golden and isn’t getting the plaudits in mainstream circles that he deserves."

A third tweeted: "Never understood why he’s disliked always seems a proper decent fella."

A fourth said: "Humphries is a class act. Beau is a damn good player. Love to see it!"

Another commented: "You can’t say a bad word about Humphries. Quality player and even better human."

Speaking after his victory, Humphries said: "I really enjoyed the game. It was great fun and Beau played amazing.

"She is a fantastic player and she really had to bring out the best in me. The ladies' game has grown massively and it is because of her.

"If it had been a Premier League game she would have beaten me. She is probably a top-64 player in the world, but you don't want to put too much pressure on her."