Cameron Menzies pulled off the biggest victory of his career by dumping 2024 champion Luke Humphries out of the World Matchplay.The 37-year-old beat the world number two 10-7 on Monday night in their first round meeting to secure his first triumph at the Winter Gardens.Menzies is into the World Matchplay second round for the first time in his careerShutterstock EditorialMenzies sealed the win by reeling off ‘The Big Fish’ to set up a second round clash against Ross Smith.In his World Matchplay debut in 2025, the Scotsman lost 10-2 to Danny Noppert in the first round.His three-dart average of 81.35 was the lowest of the whole tournament, but he put on a show for fans in Blackpool on his next visit to the oche at the famous venue.‘Cammy’ this time averaged 97.83 – lower than the 99.56 that Humphries managed – but punished the eight-time PDC major champion on doubles.Humphries pinned just seven of his 23 attempts, while Menzies hit ten of his 22 – while also throwing at least 100 on 24 occasions – compared to just 14 from ‘Cool Hand’.On the MenzIn what has been a frustrating 2026 for Menzies, he once again reminded his critics that he can mix it up with the best in the game.Menzies, who notably punched a table after losing to Charlie Manby at the World Darts Championship, is yet to progress past the fourth round of a PDC Players Championship event.And he has gone beyond the third round just once on the PDC European Tour – doing so at the International Darts Open in May when he reached the semi-finals.It was only last month that the Ayrshire native admitted he had been considering his future in darts – revealing he had been offered his old job back.But his win over Humphries left him almost lost for words – quite literally – as he quipped he sounded like Harry Kane after the England skipper lost his voice following the last-16 win over World Cup co-hosts Mexico.View Tweet: https://t.co/xXnQhVoUPyMenzies was overcome with emotion after securing the biggest win of his singles careerShutterstock EditorialIn an emotional interview with Sky Sports, he said: “No-one gave me a hope, I’ve finally won a game at the Winter Gardens.“I don’t know how to explain that, I was getting that ‘Scotland get battered’ [chant from fans] and then it was, ‘Come on Cammy.’“Last year wasn’t a good year for me, and then for this, what a difference, what an experience.“No matter what I do in my life, I’ll take this to the grave, I know it’s not the biggest venue in darts, but thank you so much.”He then added: “Luke Humphries is a great player, a great guy, I’ve known Luke for a couple of years and in my opinion, him and [Luke] Littler are unbelievable, they have done great for darts, they are great people to bring this sport forward.“When it was 7-3, I was like, ‘Don’t think and think of that finishing line.’View Tweet: https://t.co/ennn1o1hJi“But the nerves kicked in, but to beat someone like Humphries on this stage… I know he’ll be disappointed, that was not the Humphries I know.“He gave me a lot of sniffs at doubles and I think I took every one. I know he’ll be disappointed, but that is my biggest win on the PDC stage, so that’ll be something I take home to the grave.“I do show a lot of emotion. I get caught in the moment too much.“When you show so much emotion, it drains a lot of you. I just tried to be more composed.“My voice has gone, I feel like Harry Kane here with my voice.“I knew he’d have a spell and just batter me, and he had a little spell. I know that’s not Humphries, but I’ll take that every day of the week.”