Luke Littler has continued his remarkable rise with another nine-darter in the professional ranks.
The World Darts Championship runner-up has quickly become one of the biggest names in the sport after coming second to Luke Humphries at Ally Pally earlier this winter.
He made more headlines at the Bahrain Masters, landing a nine-darter against his close friend Nathan Aspinall on his way to winning the tournament.
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Littler has now continued his excellent form by making a dream start to life on the PDC ProTour.
Littler landed a nine-darter in his victory over Michele Turetta to reach the last 16 of the competition.
After beating Jim Williams 6-1 in the opening round, he then saw off Luke Woodhouse 6-3 to set up a round of 32 meeting with Turetta.
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Littler, 17, raced into a 5-1 lead against the Italian before sealing the win with a stunning nine-darter.
Incredibly, he was the third man to achieve the feat on day one at the Players Championship - with Leighton Bennett and Mickey Mansell also hitting nine-darters in Wigan.
If Littler comes out on top from the 128-player field at the PDC ProTour - comprised of PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members - then he will scoop a £15,000 prize.
Littler has bounced back well from a heartbreaking defeat in the Night 2 final of the 2024 betMGM Premier League last week.
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After beating Rob Cross and Luke Humphries to reach the final in Berlin, the youngster spurned two match darts before losing 6-5 to Michael van Gerwen.
Littler will return to Premier League action on Thursday when he takes on Gerwyn Price in Glasgow.
Topics: Darts, Luke Littler
Alex Brotherton