LUKE LITTLER faces the biggest night of his life as he takes on Luke Humphries TONIGHT in the World Darts Championship final.
The 16-year-old sensation claimed victory over Rob Cross, winning 6-2 at Alexandra Palace, and will be the youngest player in history to contest the last two.
Later that night, Luke Humphries put in a flawless performance to beat compatriot Scott Williams 6-0 and win his encounter with Littler in the final.
Follow ALL the action at Alexandra Palace with our blog below. . .
What is the value of this dart holder?
Littler needs 74 to check out, and NAILS IT!
Double 10 sees him take the set and level things up with two legs in a row.
Everything square!
This level for a two-set lead in favor of Rob Cross.
Luke Littler has 8 visits, a three-pointer opposite to Rob Cross’s visit.
However, he nails a maximum to keep things close.
Rob Cross is two darts away from a two-set lead.
He wants a goal and misses it.
Littler needs to nail double 12 to level things, and does so brilliantly.
Cross is averaging 115 right now. Insane.
This is a scruffy leg from Luke Littler, and Cross looks confident so far.
Littler falls to the ground, and Cross wants a double 4 to take it, and he does!
Rob Cross groups a lovely maximum early on in the 2nd leg.
He scored 11 fantastic darts to score the scores.
Rob Cross was aiming to win the first leg, but narrowly missed.
Littler wants him to win the double 3 and he does it brilliantly.
Luke Littler kept up with the TV commercial break.
The last step will be this set.
Littler gets a big 180 and Rob Cross wants the double 16 to win the first set, and he does!
Rob Cross wants to score 54 to win the first set, but loses it.
Luke Littler wants the double of 20 to take us to a fifth stage, and he succeeds!
Rob Cross gets a 180, his of the tournament.
He wants a double 8 to take the leg and he gets it to take the lead.
Luke will be aware that this is a very serious ordeal.
Littler fired his first and first of the semi-finals.
Littler leaves 170, which is one of his habits.
He goes for the bull, but misses.
Littler made the double 10 to take the leg and did it.
We’re at the first tier and Rob Cross is launching the first one as planned.
The atmosphere in Ally Pally is absolutely electric.
Cross wants a double 20 to win the first leg and he gets it.
Luke Littler and Rob Cross arrive here.
It’s timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Luke Littler walks out to Pitbull and he looks confident and READY, geeing up the crowd on his way out.
Rob Cross, who is 17 years older, won the Bull backstage and will take the first of the first leg of the first set. That can happen if he ends up going to the eleventh set.
Littler has a 100. 29 ERA in his matches and has retired 44% in his doubles (62/141). Only a few men shot more than 180 in this tournament than Littler’s total of 34.
“It’s when I move forward, everyone shouts my decision and I sign things. But when I have some legs, that’s where I settle. “
“I watched him and I was pretty sure he got 140 to win (Rob Cross in his first win) like I did yesterday. “
The tension is building at Ally Pally, and it is not long now before we get underway and the action begins!
I hope you’ve made your popcorn, because it’s going to be sensational.
There is an incredible atmosphere here at Ally Pally fortonight’s semi-finals.
Luke Littler is the youngest man to appear at this stage ofthe competition.
And at 16 – he turns 17 on January 21 – he may be the youngest world champion in the history of the sport.
It will take two more wins for that to happen.
Are you ready for the best picture you have seen today?
Four years ago Luke Littler faced off against Luke Humphries in a pub competition…
This could well be tomorrow’s World Championship final.
Former world champion Rob Cross praised his semi-final opponent Luke Littler while speaking to BBC Sport. . .
Everyone loves an underdog story. Luke’s fantastic and he deserves all the luck in the world – he is a nice young boy. On Tuesday we play darts though, and I have to go down to business.”
The gaze of the world is on Luke Littler and Rob Cross tonight, which makes it easy to forget there is another World Championship semi-final in store for you tonight.
Luke Humphries dismantled Dave Chisnall with relative ease last night, but he will face a tougher challenge against an in-form Scott Williams, who knocked the mighty Michael Van Gerwen off his massive green pedestal.
Will it be one of them who announced themselves to the World and becomes a World champion tomorrow night?
Well this is it.
Rob Cross has the chance to be a two-time world champion, and Luke Littler has the chance to do it for the first time at just 16 years old.
Who will win and qualify for the final?
16-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler has been handed his dream task if he doesn’t win the World Darts Championship this week.
On the Beach, the package holiday experts, has offered Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler a job touring some of the top hotels in Turkey, doing the two things he loves most.
Throw darts and spikes.
In a letter written and sent to Luke on the social media platform X, On the Beach presented Luke with the role of “Best Kebab Flavor Tester. “
It is, of course, the global name and providence that Luke Littler needs the most as he prepares for tonight’s semi-final with Rob Cross.
But the staggering numbers are piling up to what the 16-year-old could reap.
These come with potential Instagram earnings of £800 per post after their fans swelled to 327,000 after winning in the last two rounds.
CasinoAlpha. com used an earnings calculator from social media analytics site Social Blade and Influencer Marketing Hub’s earnings calculator to assess the Warrington prodigy’s most likely money accumulation.
They found that their subscriber count increased to 188,364 over the past week, with 79,801 newcomers added for New Year’s Eve alone.
A logo and culture expert believes Luke Littler and his friend Eloise plus Luke’s sister Caitlin can be as tall as Fury: they are boxers Tyson and Tommy and his wife Molly-Mae Hague.
Nick Ede said: “Luke is next in the game, but he’s also a celebrity in his own right.
“He has the ability to make millions with darts and attract a whole new population of players and fans, and also, more importantly, off the board.
“With his glamorous girlfriend, and supportive family, he’s got all the makings of the next TV star with a fly-on-the-wall reality show on the cards to rival the Furys or Sam and Billie Faiers.”
Luke Littler says he might treat some friends to a memorable trip should be he become world champion this year aged 16
The ace darts, who won a new Xbox controller for Christmas, told talkSPORT: “All my friends watch at home, we said we had to move on to Blackpool or Alton Towers.
“So I think they’ll look at me and say, ‘You’re paying, Luke,’ and I’ll be like, ‘Yeah, okay!'”
The humble Luke Littler has the 3 modest things he would buy if he won the PDC World Darts Championship.
Littler, 16, is the favourite to go all the way at Ally Pally.
He will face Rob Cross in the semi-finals and the winner will book his place in Wednesday’s final.
And, as well as being the youngest world champion and having the Sid Waddell Trophy up for grabs, Littler knows he’s two wins away from winning a whopping £500,000 in prize money, just months after passing his GCSE.
But the Kebab Kid, who has already guaranteed himself £100,000, is keeping his feet on the ground as he revealed his low-key wishlist totalling a couple of hundred pounds.
Asked how he would spend the money, the young Warrington sensation told The Telegraph: “I gift myself Under Armour tracksuits.
“And buy me a new coat and get me FIFA numbers for my Xbox. That’s all. “
However, Littler could also spend that money on driving lessons once he turns 17 on Jan. 21 so his father can avoid taking him to each and every tournament.
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