The dream final is here: child prodigy Luke Littler followed three-time champion Michael van Gerwen into the final at the Darts World Cup with a demonstration of power.
The Englishman beat his compatriot Stephen Bunting 6-1 and is in the final again in his second World Cup participation. Previously, the Dutchman van Gerwen had also won his semi-final against Chris Dobey with a dominant score of 6-1.
After his defeat in the final last year against Luke Humphries, 17-year-old Luke Littler wants to win the Sid Waddell Trophy and the prize money of 500,000 pounds (approx. 581,000) at the second attempt on Friday evening (9 p.m./Sport1 and DAZN). Euro).
Before the tournament started, a final between van Gerwen and Littler or Humphries had emerged as a dream final. After the defending champions were eliminated by Peter Wright in the round of 16, the path was clear for Littler.
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Even Bunting couldn’t change that. The 39-year-old quickly got over his initial nervousness, but was hardly able to slow Littler down on his destined path to the final. The fourth in the world rankings impressed with 13 shots over 180 points, a three-dart average of 105.48 and a double rate of around 45 percent.
Littler started the game fantastically, securing the first three sets including a high finish of 158 points and numerous legs with just four shots. Bunting tried as best as he could to keep up with the world class of “The Nuke”, but in the end his limitations were clearly shown.
With his first match dart, Littler made it into the final and the duel with world number three van Gerwen perfect.