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Mike De Decker ignores Sky Sports interview as awkward moment spotted after shock World Grand Prix Darts win

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Published 10:01 14 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Mike De Decker ignores Sky Sports interview as awkward moment spotted after shock World Grand Prix Darts win

Mike De Decker beat world No.1 Luke Humphries in the World Grand Prix darts final on Sunday.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Mike De Decker appeared to ignore a Sky Sports interview after a stunning victory over world No.1 Luke Humphries to win the World Grand Prix title.

De Decker, from Belgium, had odds of 200/1 going into the tournament but had a sensational run to the final after knocking off household names in Gary Anderson, James Wade, Dimitri van den Bergh.

He then had the incredible task of beating reigning world champion Humphries in the final.

De Decker raced into a 4-1 lead but Humphries, who won the competition last year, showed his class by fighting back and pulling level.

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But De Decker kept his cool and claimed an incredible 6-4 victory in Leicester to win his first ever TV title.

He also pocketed a whopping £120,000 prize and moves up to 11 spots to 25th in the PDC world rankings.

The 28-year-old was understandably ecstatic over his first major tournament win - to the point that he dodged his interview duties at first.

After he was presented with the trophy and his Bob Marley walk-out song was belted out by the crowd, De Decker was asked to speak to Sky on stage.

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However the broadcaster were made to wait to grab a chat with the winner as he proceeded to take it all in by taking selfies with members of the crowd.

Image: Sky Sports
Image: Sky Sports

A Sky employee was heard saying: "Mike if we can grab you just for a second.

“He says he doesn’t like the spotlight but we think he’s getting used to it now.

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“A huge occasion, people are throwing their phones up for selfies.”

However, it should be noted that once De Decker did finish up taking photos galore, he was whisked in for a brilliant interview.

The Real Deal shouted out his family and said he was "over the moon" to pick up a superb win.

Image: Sky Sports
Image: Sky Sports

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"I was cool in patches," he explained.

"In the beginning, I was really, really, really nervous, then I calmed down. I went 4-1 up, he came back to 4-4. I started to get nerves again but I did it.

"I lost my card, wasn't on tour, got my card back. My best friend, my mum, everyone, they have all been behind me and thanks to them I won this trophy. I am over the moon."

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Darts, Sky Sports

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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