Littler suffers agonising defeat to Van Gerwen in first Premier League closing
Luke Littler has come up brief for the second-successive Premier League night time after dropping to Michael van Gerwen within the closing in Berlin.
The 17-year-old stormed right into a 2-0 lead within the closing, however Mighty Mike got here roaring again to take three legs in succession. The two then traded blows for the following few legs wanting completely evenly-matched, just for Van Gerwen to nick it proper on the finish with a slim 6-5 win.
Littler missed a few match darts on D10 within the closing leg earlier than Van Gerwen, who missed a match dart himself seconds earlier, clinched victory together with his subsequent throw.
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Littler needed to work onerous to make it to the ultimate, overcoming Rob Cross and Luke Humphries in tense affairs alongside the best way. The teen ace was at all times forward in opposition to Cross in his quarter-final match however was made to work onerous by the 2018 world champion.
After falling 1-0 and 3-1 behind, Voltage pulled it again to 3-3 and saved tempo with Littler proper till the very finish. That arrange a semi-final with world championship conqueror Humphries, whom he additionally edged out 6-5 in one other tight-knit affair.
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Littler’s victory is his second over Van Gerwen within the final month. He beat the Dutchman on the Bahrain Masters, only a few days after his agonising defeat to Humphries within the World Championship closing at Ally Pally.
MVG bought his revenge by beating Littler in his native Holland per week later. Van Gerwen’s newest win strikes him as much as second within the Premier League desk behind Michael Smith, who clinched victory on Night 1 in Cardiff.
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Littler, in the meantime, is simply behind MVG in third. Next, the gamers head to Glasgow for Night 3 of the Premier League. Littler will kick off in opposition to Gerwyn Price whereas Van Gerwen will begin issues off in opposition to Peter Wright.
