Sports – Luke Littler lot the finals and Title – World Dart Champion
Sports – Follow up story update:
Sports – Junior Luke Littler lost the final of the championship to Luke Humphries with score 4-7. Luke Humphries secured the top prize of £500,000 while Junior Luke gets the sizeable consolation of the £200,000.
Luke Littler, 16 years PDC finalist is going to face Luke Humphries, 28 years, currently ranked no. 03 champion (Before 2024 Finals).
Luke Littler, born on 21 January 2007 in Runcorn, United Kingdom which is an Industrial town and Cargo Port is very popular in recent weeks because he has become youngest ever finalist in PDC 2024 World Darts Championship (also known as Paddy Power World Darts Championship) after beating Rob Cross in the semi final. He will be turning into 17 years in 3 weeks.
He has made his way after having rumbled some far more experienced players like Raymond van Barneveld, a 5 times world Dart champion, Peter Wright and Ireland’s Brendan Dolan.
Now he is just one victory away from being crowned as the World Dart Champion (rather World’s youngest Dart Champion) . He could rise as high as ninth in ranking and win £500,000 if he wins in today’s final. He will be facing Luke Humphries, currently ranked No. 3 in the world, nicknamed “Cool Hand Luke”, is the reigning World Grand Prix champion, Grand Slam of Darts champion and Players Championship Finals champion.
He has earned £200,000 at the age of 16 years overtaken Kirk Shepherd who was 21 years and 88 days old in 2008.
All eyes are set on to watch out the results of semi-final today evening on Wednesday (8.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event).
Event: 31st Paddy Power World Darts Championship (7 sets) at Alexandra Palace in London, England, from 15 December 2023 to 3 January 2024.
Some of popular statements from young Luke Littler:
“It is crazy to even think I am in the final on my debut”.
“I was happy to win one game and now I can go all the way. It’s not easy. You are playing Rob, he is a world champion who won on debut. I’ve got no words.”
“I’ve just settled on that stage. It takes me a few legs to settle but then I’m good to go.
“There’s no more development tour for me now! I’m happy to be in the top 32 and I can go even higher.”
Tough road covered by Luke Littler to reach to the Finals:
Round 1: Beat Christian Kist 3-0
Round 2: Beat Andrew Gilding (ranked 20) 3-1
Round 3: Beat Matt Campbell 4-1
Round 4: Beat five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld (28) 4-1
Quarter-final: Beat Brendan Dolan (29) 5-1
Semi-final: Beat 2018 PDC world champion Rob Cross (8) 6-2
It is also going to be the final game for referee Russ Bray, who announced his intention to retire from refereeing ranked events prior to the tournament.
