England’s Luke Littler has claimed a second consecutive World Darts Championship on the age of 18.
World primary Littler defeated Gian van Veen of the Netherlands 7-1 within the ultimate at London’s Alexandra Palace to underline his standing as a generational expertise within the sport.
It was Littler’s third straight look within the ultimate of darts’ showpiece match.
He misplaced to Luke Humphries in 2024, when he was a precocious 16-year-old who shortly grew to become a family title throughout Nice Britain.
Littler defeated Van Veen’s compatriot Michael van Gerwen in final yr’s ultimate.
Luke Littler is the primary participant to win consecutive world titles in 10 years. (Getty Photos: Warren Little)
“The primary set I wasn’t pleased, however I kicked on from there and stated to myself, ‘give it time and you will find it’, and all of it went to plan,” Littler stated on stage.
“Credit score to Gian, he is had an amazing match. He was there each set, so I needed to take my probabilities.”
Such is Littler’s expertise that many are already questioning whether or not he can problem the 16 world titles collected by Phil Taylor, who is taken into account darts’ best participant.
In opposition to van Veen, Littler dropped the primary set within the best-of-13-set showdown however hit again to stamp his authority.
Littler by no means appeared troubled, aside from through the transient look of a wasp, banging in 180s and excessive check-outs as he wrapped up victory.
He’s the primary participant to win back-to-back titles since Scotland’s Gary Anderson in 2016.
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