![]() ![]() Littler faces Rob Cross in the semi-finals this evening, knowing that either Luke Humphries or the unseeded Scott Williams await in the final. Then, the swagger returned, the regular fist waving and smiles at his adoring crowd as he secured the subsequent three sets without reply.Įverything seems to be going Luke Littler’s way at the PDC World Darts Championship, with the surprise elimination of Michael van Gerwen opening up the draw still further for the 16-year-old sensation. ![]() The Warrington wonder rallied with blistering form, secure a 149 checkout like it was the easiest thing in the world to restore calm. Then, in the second set, it looked like it might all fall apart for Littler as he shook his head and sent a bouncer off the bullseye.īut having gestured in his team’s direction, with a look of sudden bemusement, he quickly underlined his status that he truly is the real deal. But after his swaggering walk-on, greeted with a roar as loud as any this past fortnight, the 16-year-old briefly looked like the lad billed just last month as a 66-1 outsider.Ĭross came up out firing to set up a 108.7 average to secure the first set. Until now, the pressure, like the kebab-a-day diet that has powered this adventure, had barely touched the sides. Instead there were only choruses of “walking in a Littler wonderland” as their young hero returned to form from the gods in the latter stages of this match. ![]() No longer were crowd teasing Littler with their “you’ve got school in the morning”. The triple 19s and triple 20s came effortlessly flowing back in the final sets as Littler eventually secured a six set to two triumph that gives him a shot at securing £500,000 in the final, and millions of pounds of sponsorship earnings to boot. The fresh-faced assassin showed a new face – shaking his head and clearly irritated with his form - before the stunning play that has taken a sporting world by storm returned. This was a boy in a man’s world battling against adversity for the first time before summoning some of his best form to eventually run riot. But Littler, watched on by his adoring mother and girlfriend, Eloise, a beauty consultant and amateur darts player, would rally with another remarkable 100-plus average just months after completing his GCSEs. He raced ahead with the first set to put the 16-year-old give his first ever taste of chasing a match at this championship. Rob Cross, the fifth seeded 2018 champion who was once himself the new hotshot on the block, was by some way Littler’s toughest challenger to date. This time he also talked of eating a “ham and cheese omelette” in the morning to prepare for victory. No champagne celebrations again, however, for the man who has instead been toasting victory with fast food and pop. ![]() The wide-eyed enthusiasm had gone undimmed throughout this fortnight for a teenager who has taken to elite competitions as naturally as any contemporary in sporting history.īut, at the semi-final stage 13 years on from first staring admiringly through a shop window at a magnetic board as a toddler, this would be Luke Littler’s true coming of age moment.Ī reality taste of adulthood adversity at the Alexandra Palace for Littler, who initially grimaced before finding the sparkle that restored his fairytale World Darts Championship adventure. Luke Littler’s remarkable run at the World Darts Championship continued as the 16-year-old beat Rob Cross 6-2 to set up a final against new world No 1 Luke Humphries who swatted Scott Williams aside 6-0. ![]()
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