Luke Littler is optimistic that Glasgow will recover from his loss against Polish bus driver Radek Szaganski on Premier League night three.
Luke Littler has promised to recover from his first-ever early departure in professional darts when he competes against a Glasgow crowd this evening.
After a wild debut on the Pro Tour floor circuit earlier this week, the 17-year-old phenom takes on Gerwyn Price in the third installment of the BetMGM Premier League. On Monday, Littler made his Players Championship debut in Wigan and collected the £15,000 winner’s prize money, which included a nine-darter and an almost 110 average in the championship match against Ryan Searle.
After making it to the final four or beyond in every tournament since his incredible run to the PDC World Championship final as a 16-year-old, he was shocked to lose in the second round at PC2 24 hours later against Polish bus driver Radek Szaganski.
In the past, Scottish audiences have not always welcomed athletes from the south of the border, so if Littler triumphs tonight at the OVO Hydro, it would be the best English victory in Scotland since Bill Beaumont’s 44-year-old rugby Grand Slam victory at Murrayfield.
The Warrington boy wonder, nevertheless, is clearly enjoying his assignment as he declares, “I know I can beat anyone; I know my game is there.” Last week’s Berlin night was incredible; the crowd was fantastic. Even though I was upset to not win in the end, I had a good time.
“I just need to play my game, and I’m handling it with grace.” I am a seventeen-year-old boy pursuing my passion!
After just one night, Peter Wright, the two-time World Cup champion for Scotland, abandoned his experiment of wearing glasses on stage and now confronts Michael van Gerwen in front of his home fans. On the first night in Cardiff, “Snakebite” hardly made an impression with his specs, averaging a pitiful 83.78 against Rob Cross, who was wearing glasses for the first time on stage.
However, Wright’s performance improved in last week’s loss to Luke Humphries in Berlin, and he stated, “I felt a lot better in Berlin.” I felt more at ease not wearing my spectacles. Luke had two outstanding legs of play. I was unable to stop him from going out in 11 darts after setting up a 10-darter.
“I have to run into Michael in Den Bosch, who won last week,” she said. Although it will be difficult, maybe the audience will support me and assist me cross the line.
