(Reuters) – Teenage sensation Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler set a tournament record with a 140.91 set average as he secured a second-round win in the PDC World Championship with a 3-1 victory over fellow Englishman Ryan Meikle late on Saturday. The 17-year-old came close to winning the recent World Championship in January but lost in […]
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Darts-Littler shines with record-breaking start at World Championship
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(Reuters) – Teenage sensation Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler set a tournament record with a 140.91 set average as he secured a second-round win in the PDC World Championship with a 3-1 victory over fellow Englishman Ryan Meikle late on Saturday.
The 17-year-old came close to winning the recent World Championship in January but lost in the final to Luke Humphries. Now, he has started this year’s edition on a high note.
Tournament favourite Littler fired in four maximum 180s while winning three consecutive legs in 11, 10, and 11 darts, setting a record set average and finishing with an overall average of 100.85.
“It was probably the toughest game I’ve ever played. I had to fight until the end,” Littler said in front of 3,000 fans at Alexandra Palace.
“It is the worst game I have played. I have never felt anything like that tonight.”
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Daniel Wallis)