If Luke Littler wanted to send a major warning to the rest of his rivals ahead of the World Darts Championship, he did just that.
The 17-year-old was in blistering form as he demolished Martin Lukeman 16-3 to win the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.
Littler’s triumph also marked his first victory at a PDC ranked televised event and has catapulted him to fifth in the world rankings.
Lukeman took a surprise 2-0 lead in the final before Littler rattled off a staggering 15-straight legs.
The underdog Lukeman managed to stop Littler’s tidal wave of momentum and celebrated with his arms outstretched, but it only delayed the inevitable as the teen wrapped it up in the 19th leg.
The decimation came just hours after he pulled off a miraculous comeback to beat two-time world champion Gary Anderson in the semi-final.
Anderson won a staggering seven legs in a row and looked like he would be in the driver’s seat to secure a spot in the Grand Slam final against Lukeman.
The Scot was as many as three legs away from victory at 13-9, but Littler roared back and eventually won 16-15.
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