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Luke Littler, 17, DESTROYS fans in online darts matches with ‘absurd’ averages hours before World Championship
Littler has already picked up an impressive award recently
LUKE LITTLER has DESTROYED fans on online darts matches just hours before the World Championship.
The darts sensation is the favourites to go all the way at Ally Pally during the tournament.
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Littler, 17, will be keeping an eye on the opening rounds of the tournament that starts TONIGHT when big rival and reigning champ Luke Humphries begins his defence.
The Nuke will make his bow in the World Championship in the evening session on Saturday in the second round.
He will be facing the winner of the first round match between Fallon Sherrock and Ryan Meikle.
He has been diligent in his practice and has even challenged his fans to online darts matches using a £450 Omni auto-scoring system.
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Littler posted pictures of the clashes on his social media as fans could not believe the rate in which he was scoring.
In one game, he averaged 119.29 with every three darts compared to his opponent's 58.21.
Littler also racked up an incredible 125.40 average from his first nine darts as he won the match 5-0.
Fans reacted to the scary rate of scoring on social media.
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One posted: "The 125.40 first nine feels just as absurd."
A second commented: "Luke Littler was playing a few fans last night on the Target Omni, it’s safe to say he’s playing well.
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"119.29 average Jesus Christ."
Another said: "Obscene."
One added: "Unreal."
While another noted: "Worst legs 14 darts, I mean come on."
Littler did have some legs in which he averaged under 100 but, in one game, he never finished a leg in more than 14 darts.
His highest finish in the match was an impressive 153 and he averaged 62.50 per cent on his checkouts.
Meanwhile, Littler earned an award from Google for being the most searched-for athlete in 2024.
He posted on X: "This time last year, I was getting ready to play my first world darts championship match.
"Since then, my life has completely changed, and the last 12 months have been crazy.
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"Taking this year's tournament a game at a time and my first ones next Saturday.
"Excited to get back on the stage at Ally Pally where it all started."
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Second round draw (seeded vs first-round winner)
- Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito
- Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz
- James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont
- Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto
- Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt
- Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Ramza or Christian Kist
- Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb
- Mike De Decker vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan
- Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock
- Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing
- Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas
- Ryan Searle vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell
- Rob Cross vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer
- Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong
- Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates
- Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar
- Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven
- Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo
- Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx
- Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin
- Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto
- Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan
- Gerwyn Price vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
- Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen
- Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell or Jim Long
- Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee
- Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting
- Ross Smith vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida
- Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers
- Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen
- Dimitri Van den Bergh vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin
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