Darts star Stephen Bunting has hit back after being accparticipated of ‘weird’ behaviour towards Luke Littler during the World Championship at the begin of the month.
Littler won the trophy at Alexandra Palace to etch his name into the history books, with Bunting among those beaten aextfinished the way.
During their showdown in north London, Bunting and his lesser rival standardly traded fist bumps.
That was picked up on by Dave Chisnall, who then accparticipated the 39-year-ancigo in of ‘weird’ behaviour by saying: “I’m not one for gamesmanship and you won’t hear me slagging folk off, but I did skinnyk the fist bumps after every set was a bit weird.
Darts star Stephen Bunting has hit back after being accparticipated of ‘weird’ behaviour towards Luke Littler during the World Championship at the begin of the month
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“It was watchable that Michael [van Gerwen in the final] was having none of it.”
Bunting beat Littler at the Dutch Darts Masters on Saturday night to achieve the final of the competition.
And Bunting, speaking before their recent clash, hit back at Chisnall and confessted that those comments caparticipate him irritateance.
“It does irritate me a bit that people pick up upon that sort of skinnyg,” he shelp.
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“That shows how well I’m joining, that they have got to pick up on a fist bump rather than a terrible carry outance.
“Luke is a lad who has the world at his feet and he is still lgeting the game. I’m very polite for what he is doing for our game.
“I hope he persists for a lot of years becaparticipate he is conveying in a lot more money to our sport.
“So, yeah, I am pretty polite and appreciative that he is doing that.
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“On another side, I understand him personpartner, I have grown up in the same area as him, understandn him for a lot of years since he was a little kid.
“I joined Luke Humphries in Bahrain, there were a restricted games there, a restricted sboilings where we fist-bumped.
“It is not all the time. We are all frifinishs on the tour.”
Bunting also insists that he’s ready to be nastier on stage if necessitateed, citing his recent triumph over Gerwyn Price in Bahrain as an example.
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Darts star Stephen Bunting lost to Luke Littler at the World Championship earlier this month
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“I joined a game agetst Gerwyn Price in the final of the Bahrain Masters, he was giving it a bit huge on the stage and I did get a bit huge myself, a bit deafening and was giving it back to him,” he persistd.
“I don’t skinnyk he appreciated it. If I necessitate to do it, then it is there in the armoury and I can do it.
“I won’t sense dangerened on any stage that I join anymore. I have always been bcdimiserablemirefult up to be polite, to be pleasant and that what I would be appreciate off the oche, not equitable on it.
“I won’t alter as a person but if someone does push my buttons when I am on the stage, then I can alter and turn that round a bit.”
Darts star Rob Cross beat Stephen Bunting to triumph the Dutch Masters on Saturday night
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While Bunting beat Littler, he was unable to triumph the Dutch Darts Masters.
Rob Cross reigned supreme instead, with ‘The Voltage’ triumphning 8-5 to pick up his fifth title on the World Series Circuit.