Mike de Decker speaking to Sky Sports: “It feels amazing. It is heavy but it feels amazing. Oh my goodness, I’m over the moon. I’ve been really happy with my performance all week, but this tops it off. The way Luke has been playing this last year until now has been brilliant. Being the person that beats him this weekend in the final, picking up this trophy, I have no words, I’m so, so, so, so, so, so, so happy.”

On the game: “I was cool in patches. 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.

On Luke Humphries: “All of a sudden, he started hitting big finishes. I was thinking ‘come on man, just stop it’. All credits to Luke, he has been a phenomenal champion for the last year, he is such a nice person.”

On winning the title: “I am so, so proud. 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.”