LUKE LITTLER rolled his eyes when probed on facing not only Stephen Bunting but his legion of fans.
Littler booked his place in the World Darts Championship semi-final following 5-2 victory over Nathan Aspinall.
Now he takes on the World No8 and his “Bunting Army” tonight.
Littler, 17, with an eye roll, told Sky Sports: “They’ve been good to me tonight, they were also good to Stephen.
“But obviously they can take their pick for whoever they want to support tomorrow.
“I can see quite a few Nuke shirts in here so I think I got the better. But no, I said in my interview yesterday, I like this.
“Obviously you play, you go to sleep, you wake up and you’re on again. I don’t really like having days off because I don’t practise.
“So I know I’ll be back on tomorrow and I’ll be up for it.”
Littler is already guaranteed £100,000 and will be even closer to lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy if he sinks Bunting over the best of 11 sets.
The first time these darting duo met – in Bahrain last January – the teenager hit a nine-darter – the youngest-ever person to do so in the professional ranks.
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Bunting continued his sensational form to brush past giant-killer Peter Wright 5-2.
He won the first four sets and managed to stem a Wright comeback to book his place in the last four for the second time in his career.
Bunting, 39, is now up to fifth in the world rankings and Bunting fought back tears when he was informed of the fact on stage.
