Luke Littler nine-darter stuns Bahrain Masters crowd as 16-year-old's fairytale darts story continues
Sixteen-year-old Darts sensation Luke Littler has created yet more history after hitting his first televised nine-dart leg in his 6-3 win over Nathan Aspinall.
The Warrington talent hit the perfect leg of darts with his first set of arrows in his quarter-finals of the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters as he raced into the final four. The Nuke will face the PDC world number five Gerwyn Price after breezing past The Asp.
Littler booked his place in a second PDC semi-final, a matter of weeks after his record-breaking run in the World Darts Championship that came to an end against Luke Humphries at the Alexandra Palace.
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After a scare in the First Round against Man Lok Leung, where he had to come from three legs down but he showed no signs of sticking around on Friday (January 17) as he averaged 104.50 and rounded off the contest with a ton-finish.
Speaking to ITV4, Littler was pleased to hit his first nine-darter and eyes more in his debut PDC Tour. He said: "I'm just glad to win and I think I played really well. It's good to get one [a nine-darter] on TV - the first one of the year goes to me. Hopefully I hit a few more! I just take it game by game, if I win, I win, if I lose my next game, it is what it is."
World Champion Humphries saw his 20-match unbeaten run come to an end against Price as the Iceman won 6-4. Rob Cross and Michael van Gerwen make up the other encounter in the last eight, with St Helens' Michael Smith awaiting in the semi-final.
The final is due to take place tonight (January 19) at around 7:35pm.
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