Luke Littler has retained his Belgian Darts Open title, beating dwelling star Mike De Decker within the ultimate.
The 18-year-old sensation got here into the event having gained it final 12 months and developing in opposition to a crowd rooting for De Decker.
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However Littler, as he has so many instances in what’s nonetheless the infancy of his profession, stored his composure and secured an 8-5 win.
Littler, who averaged over 100 in 4 of his 5 matches, had crushed James Wade, Dave Chisnall, Luke Woodhouse and Ryan Searle en path to the ultimate.
In profitable the championship, Littler banks £30,000 and likewise denies De Decker a history-making triumph.
If De Decker had gained then he would’ve turn into the primary Belgian participant to win a European Title on dwelling soil.
However the crown goes to Littler, who beat Rob Cross in final 12 months’s ultimate, with the Belgian Darts Open Littler’s third title of 2025 having gained the PDC World Championship in January in addition to UK Open final weekend.
“He’s head and shoulders above everybody else now, a lot that he performs his personal little video games in the midst of his matches, throwing other ways to get to his finishes. One instance: treble 19,bull, treble 19 – why??”
“Littler’s dominance is arguably the very best factor that’s ever occurred to darts,” one other fan mentioned.
“Gamers incomes more cash than ever and a variety of it’s right down to Littler bursting onto the scene and making darts huge once more.
“His fellow execs gained’t suppose it’s ruined, in actual fact they’ll in all probability thank him.”
“Simply going to have ‘Luke Littler wins the…’ saved within the drafts any more. It’s all he f****** does,” this fan mentioned.
The Warrington wonderkid is now looking forward to evening six of the Premier League in Nottingham on Thursday evening.
He claimed victory on evening 5 in Brighton, beating Nathan Aspinall within the ultimate.
That is the second win of this 12 months’s Premier League Littler has gained as he seems to be to defend his title gained on his debut final 12 months.
And it is the style of victory for Littler which has left followers essentially the most impressed.
“I don’t suppose individuals realise simply how good Luke Littler is,” one fan mentioned.
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