Luke Littler has reiterated that he solely needed to win his first-round match at this 12 months’s World Darts Championship, following his semi-final demolition of Rob Cross.
16-year-old Littler beat the 2018 world champion 6-2 to punch his ticket to the ultimate on his debut.
“No phrases,” he mentioned. “It is loopy to even assume I am in a world ultimate on my debut. I used to be blissful successful one sport however I may go all the best way.
“It isn’t [easy]. Rob is a world champion, he received on debut identical as me. He mentioned ‘God bless, I respect you, do it.’ I needed to win my first-round sport, that was it.
“I’ve simply settled on that stage. It takes me a number of legs to settle however as soon as I’ve discovered that rhythm, I am good to go. There is not any extra improvement tour, I am simply blissful to be within the high 32 and I may go even larger.”