Players Championship: Luke Littler throws nine-darter but winning run comes to end
Luke Littler threw his top nine of the year, but the teenager’s 19-win run ended in a defeat in the semifinals of Player Champion Five.
The 18-year-old world champion had a feat in his sixth round of the win over Adam Hunt 6-5 in Leicester.
Littler then overturned a 4-0 deficit with the same score, defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode with the same score, and then hitting Damon Heta with an average of 122.96.
But his run ended with an exciting 7-6 semi-final match with the thrilling Gian Van Veen. Losing to Luke Humphries 6-4 In the final of the last night of the Premier League last month.
Dutchman Van Veen took over the final shootout with Joe Cullen, with the British winning 8-7.
“I think it’s the best win of my career because of the adversity I had to endure last year,” Cullen said at the age of 35.
“Darts are nothing worse when you lower your rankings and doubt yourself.
Gary Anderson also played nine points in his first round 6-5 win over Ryan Joyce before being eliminated by the same score against Rob Owen in the last 16 games.
