Luke Littler makes breakfast admission before crashing out of UK Open quarterfinals

Luke Littler has admitted that he is not a morning person and even skipped breakfast before another big win at the UK Open - only to crash out of the tournament a day later.

The 17-year-old reached the quarter-finals at Minehead Butlin's after beating world number nine Dave Chisnall in the last 16, but his interest in the competition was ended by Damon Heta on Sunday in a high-quality contest that finished 10-8 in the Australian's favour.

Littler has taken the darts world by storm since bursting onto the scene at the World Championship over Christmas, but early mornings seem to be his weakness. He had to skip breakfast before his 2pm start against Martin Schindler on Saturday and just managed to win. But he was back to his best when he beat Chisnall in the evening session.

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"I think if everyone didn't know, they are going to know now that I am not a morning person," he said after beating the world No. 9. "I did struggle this morning but I managed to get over the line against Martin. After that game, I chilled out, had some food, and I think played better in the evening, every player thinks they play better in the evening.

"I chilled myself out, went on my phone, went out for some food. This morning I didn't have breakfast and I was feeling sick because there was nothing in my stomach and my adrenalin was going. That first game was really hard to get over the line."

Littler had been fancied to land his first major title at the UK Open but instead it was Heta who advanced to the semi-final stage. However, Heta was subsequently beaten by 11-6 by