LUKE LITTLER has his sights set on the World Darts Championship once again.
The teenage sensation, 17, added a staggering TEN titles to his ever-bulging cabinet in 2024 and is in fine form at Ally Pally.
This includes overcoming rival Luke Humphries with the aid of a nine-darter to win the Premier League title.
And then taking glory in November’s thrilling Grand Slam of Darts with a dominant win against Martin Lukeman.
As a result, Littler has risen to fourth on the PDC Order of Merit and won BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.
He is now fighting for the World Darts Championship – as he looks to go one better than his debut year, when he was beaten in the final.
Luke Littler’s quarter-final opponent at the World Darts Championship will be English maestro Nathan Aspinall – who was brilliant in whitewashing Ricardo Pietreczko in the last 16.
Littler had to fight through a thrilling contest against Ryan Joyce, needing a deciding set to finally put away Relentless.
Next, Littler vs Aspinall in the quarters will take place on Wednesday, January 1 and should be underway at around 8.45pm to 9pm GMT.
The Nuke incredibly overcame Ryan Meikle during his first encounter before breaking down in tears live on TV.
And he beat a game Ian White 4-1 in round three to progress to the last 16.
No 12 seed Aspinall has beaten Leonard Gates, Andrew Gilding and Pietreczko to get to this stage.
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