Luke Littler is the favorite to win his first World Darts Championship title at Alexandra Palace but is ‘disappointed’ as he is running out of time to set the record.
The teen sensation and last year’s runner-up opened his campaign with a 3-1 win over Ryan Meikle. He recovered from a slow start to average a record 140.91 in the fourth and final set.
Littler’s 32-dart set included six perfect throws en route to an 11-dart opening leg, then came agonizingly close to a nine-dart finish, missing D12, which was his fifth nine-dart. A groundbreaking campaign.
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Luke Littler won this year’s tournament, taking the final set against Ryan Meikle in just 32 darts.
The 17-year-old has scored nine dart legs in the Bahrain Darts Masters, Players Championship 1, Belgian Darts Open and the 2024 Premier League final, but is the first player in PDC history to do so. He has been sidelined several times since trying to become a player for . Make 9darters 5 times a year.
“I’m definitely feeling frustrated in a good way,” Littler admitted after his second-round win over Meikle. From there, the pressure was on that a 9-dder at Worlds would win a fan in the Ally Pally crowd £. 60,000. “Obviously as soon as I switch to treble 19, my eyes light up.
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Luke Littler has shared his thoughts on his 3-1 win over Ryan Meikle in his opening World Championship Darts match.
“I heard the camera pan to the winner, but I’m not sure who it is! Let’s try again.”
His latest narrow miss followed a failed nine-dart attempt with the final dart against Lourence Ilagan and Jermaine Wattimena to win the Grand Slam of Darts in November. This is their 10th PDC title of the year.
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Luke Littler went narrowly close to a stunning nine-darter against Jermaine Wattimena in the Grand Slam of Darts quarter-final in Wolverhampton.
Littler told reporters at Wolverhampton last month that he was considering other ways to finish the leg after opening with a perfect six darts, but said he had not thought about it against Meikle.
“I wasn’t even thinking about 51,” Littler admitted. “The cover shot was good throughout the game.
“I hit 265 a few times and hit a good treble 19, but I think I need to think about treble 17 for a moment.”
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Martin Schindler and Damon Heta also fell short after landing eight perfect darts on one leg at this year’s World Championships, while Christian Kist missed Madars Razma on December 18. ), losing 3-1, and succeeded in the first 9 darts.
Kist triggered the Paddy Power £180,000 bonus in The BIGGER 180 campaign with his incredible perfect legs. The Dutchman earned £60,000, charity partner Prostate Cancer UK received the same amount and the remaining £60,000 went to a lucky random fan.
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Christian Kist found the first perfect dart leg to take the first set in his match against Madars Razma.
Littler, who beat Kist in his debut last year to advance to the final, added: “I saw it at my friend’s house and I didn’t miss a session, except for the evening when Ryan (Meikle) played Fallon (Sherrock).”
“I just looked at my friend and thought, ‘How did he do that? He wasn’t even close last year!’ It just goes to show how well he played this year. Fair play to him. He’s going to have a great future. I’m going on vacation!”
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Watch every 9-darter hit from the PDC World Championship. Christian Kist hits a perfect leg shot on stage at Alexandra Palace.
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Littler remains on a collision course to meet defending champion Luke Humphries in the semi-finals, while his next challenge is scheduled for Saturday against Ian White in round three. The winner will face either Ryan Joyce or Ryan Searle in the round of 16.
White cruised to a clean sweep in the first round after Sandro Eric Sosing withdrew due to illness and then shocked European Championship winner Ritchie Edhouse with a 3-1 win in the next round, while ‘The Diamond’ We achieved a come-from-behind win against Alexandra Palace.
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Ian White says he is ready to topple ‘runner-up’ Luke Littler of Runcorn in the third round of the World Darts Championship.
“The guy is talented and we all know it,” White said ahead of the meeting. “He put darts back on the map. Everyone wants to come play darts and that’s the best thing that’s ever happened to us.”
“But I’d like to say he’s from Runcorn like me, so he’s second and I’m first!”
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