Darts followers say similar factor as wonderkid, 16, ‘makes Littler appear like a toddler’
Darts followers thought they had been experiencing Deja Vu after they noticed the most recent 16-year-old prospect on the block.
On the European tour, wonderkid Born van Put was in motion in opposition to Lukas Wenig. Unfortunately {the teenager}, who’s nearly sufficiently old to purchase himself a beer in his homeland of Belgium, bowed out of the competitors dropping 6-3 to the skilled German.
However, he will definitely be remembered as the most recent younger prospect to regulate since Luke Littler. Just as they had been when the Nuke burst onto the scene at Ally Pally, darts followers are satisfied Van Put just isn’t the age his beginning certificates claims.
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The darts sensation was solely 16 when he wowed Alexandra Palace on the World Darts Championship (WDC), regardless of a ultimate loss to Luke Humphries.
The Nuke will proceed taking part in in opposition to seven of the perfect dart gamers on the planet — Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross and Peter Wright — in a mini-tournament in a distinct metropolis each Thursday till the ultimate in May.
With the harmless babyface of a teenager on their first day at college and the coiffure of a person many a long time his senior, darts followers had been shocked after they heard the Belgian was 16. “Here we go again lads,” one darts fan said, ushering through the endless “No method he is 16” and “Tough paper spherical that” tweets that did the rounds during Littler’s ascent.
A second added: “No way he’s 16. Makes Luke Littler look like a toddler”. A third darts lover almost sounded concerned when they tweeted: “Is there a teenager in darts that actually looks his age or what?”
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A fourth commented: “Where are the PDC finding these 16-year-olds from”, earlier than one other arrows aficionado stated: “No, this makes the Littler thing look normal. What do they feed these players?”
As the comments began to calm down, a sixth darts fan laughed: “Sick of these grown men pretending to be children”.
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While he didn’t attain the subsequent spherical, Van Put did surpass Littler to change into the youngest participant in European Tour historical past. The Belgian starred within the youth ranks earlier than making the courageous determination to step as much as the skilled circuit.
It’s certainly solely a matter of time earlier than he takes on Littler in a serious competitors.
