Luke Littler ‘hadn’t thrown dart since Ally Pally’ earlier than £20k win vs Van Gerwen

Who do you suppose you might be kidding, Mr Littler?

Just whenever you thought Luke Littler had exhausted all conceivable superlatives for a 16-year-old, the boy surprise unfurled a dream nine-darter on his method to successful the Bahrain Darts Masters. And as he banked one other £20,000 pocket cash by beating Michael van Gerwen 8-5 within the closing, the Warrington whizzkid shrugged: “I never think about losing – I only think about winning.”

Last month at Alexandra Palace, the place Littler reached the PDC World Championship closing, Van Gerwen had aimed a delicate sideswipe on the rising star’s bandwagon, claiming: “Talent-wise, I think I was slightly better at the same age.”

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Well, he is received a trophy now – and he lifted the Palm d’Or in model with one other outrageous declaration of his expertise. Two days earlier than his seventeenth birthday, Luke the Nuke turned the youngest participant to hit an ideal leg on the skilled darts circuit in his quarter-final win towards observe accomplice Nathan Aspinall, beating MVG’s feat at 17 years and 10 months.

‌Only Phil Taylor had hit a nine-darter in World Series of Darts historical past earlier than Littler strolled on stage on the Bahrain International Circuit area in Sakhir and tossed his first 9 darts of the night into their prescribed locations like a postman delivering the mail. Aspinall, who went on to lose 6-3, was so impressed that he joined within the celebrations and joked: “It’s only a hold of throw!”

‌Littler grinned: “It’s good to get one on TV, the first one of the year goes to me and I hope the list continues.” Former world champion Keith Deller, awarded an MBE within the New Year Honours List, posted on X: “I thought we would see only one Phil Taylor but it looks like another one is coming.”

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But that was solely the beginning of Littler’s teenage rampage throughout the desert kingdom. Luke the Nuke adopted up his quarter-final assertion with a 7-3 win towards former world No.1 Gerwyn Price within the final 4.

‌Price had earlier ended Luke Humphries’ 20-match successful streak, unfold throughout 5 main tournaments together with the PDC World Championship, within the quarter-finals. Although his common was a comparatively modest 95.86 towards the Iceman, Littler nonetheless managed a ‘large fish’ 170 checkout towards the throw, celebrating with a gesture mimicking an angler reeling in a sizeable catch.

‌Then he led Van Gerwen a merry dance and gasped: “What have I simply finished? You inform me – earlier on I hit the nine-darter towards Nathan however I performed effectively yesterday and performed effectively once more tonight.

“No-one probably believes me but before I came here, I had not thrown a dart since the World Championship final, but it has all paid off. I didn’t expect to pick up this trophy this week and I haven’t set any goals for this year – I’ll just see what my darts do and where they land.”

Van Gerwen was gracious in defeat, saying: “It’s never going to be a good week when I’m not winning, but Luke has had a fantastic tournament and that’s how sport works.

“Everyone says he is the new kid on the block, but we all know what he’s capable of – let him grow, don’t push him too much, give him time and everything will come to him.”

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