
LUKE HUMPHRIES is looking to complete a near-full house of major finals at the Betfred World Matchplay in Blackpool and hopes his fitness will sustain him in the heat.
World No.1 'Cool Hand Luke' faces German firebrand Ricardo Pietreczko - who ran him close at Alexandra Palace last December in the first round at the Winter Gardens.
And the reigning PDC world champion believes he is built to cope with the greenhouse conditions of a venue where it is often warmer than the Golden Mile.
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