Belgian Open: Luke Littler beats local favourite Mike de Decker in final to defend title
World champion Luke Littler denied local favorite Mike de Decker defending his championship at the Belgian Open.
Little Winning the first debut of last year’s European tour In Wieze, the 18-year-old won 8-5 in the final with an 8-5 victory.
Luke Woodhouse (6-4) and Dave Chisnall (6-4) in the world beat James Wade (7-3) the 14th seed in the semifinals on Sunday.
This held a meeting with World 21 De Decker, who had an exciting match in his home game.
The 29-year-old Belgian has Abandoned Luke Humphreys, the world’s number one On Saturday, he defeated Martin Schindler (6-3) and former world champion Gerwyn Price (6-4).
De Decker returned to the edge from 6-4, beating Ross Smith 7-6 in the semifinals and Littler 3-1.
The teenager managed to keep it clear and lead 7-3, and Littler eventually proved too powerful despite De Decker’s brief threat of another counterattack.
After averaging 94.36 in the second round of the game against Ryan Searle on Saturday, Littler ranked 100 with 100 in four wins Sunday, while 102.87 in the final was 102.87 compared to de Decker’s 92.25.
Littler also had a higher checkout rate as he registered 53.33% while De Decker had 38.46%.
