Luke Littler ‘breaks scoreboard’ as Sky Sports pressured to make use of makeshift graphic
Luke Littler is so good at darts he managed to ‘break’ Sky Sports’ scoreboard… or so it might appear.
The 17-year-old whizz was in motion in opposition to Nathan Aspinall on Premier League Darts Night 6, and raced right into a 3-0 lead. During the fourth leg, the on-screen scoreboard appeared to malfunction and remained frozen for a interval.
Whatever had gone unsuitable clearly wanted time to repair, so the scoreboard was eliminated and changed by an old style different. “What has Littler done to the scoreboard haha,” one X person laughed.
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Littler went on to seal a snug 6-3 victory over The Asp to arrange a mouthwatering semi-final conflict with Michael Smith, who edged previous Peter Wright within the opening spherical on the Brighton Centre.
The Nuke is but to win a Night in his inaugural Premier League marketing campaign, although managed to succeed in the ultimate on Night 2, shedding to Michael van Gerwen. He’s reached the semi-final stage on 5 events this season.
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Littler has been in good type since his epic journey to the World Darts Championship last in January, the place he was overwhelmed agonisingly by Luke Humphries. The teenager gained the Bahrain Masters – beating Van Gerwen within the last – a few weeks later, and on the time of writing has 30 wins from 41 matches, which contemplating the calibre of his opponents is a exceptional feat.
Earlier this week, he starred in his first ever TV advert having been chosen because the frontman for the launch of Best Cereal – launched by YouTube stars The Sidemen.
