Ian White set for Luke Littler third round clash at ‘Ally Pally’
Littler’s road to the 2025 PDC World Championship title sees a third round match against Ian White.
Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler has been the main talking point again this year at Alexandra Palace, the setting for the 2025 PDC World Championship as he looks to go one stage further than his 2024 final defeat.
The teenager set a tournament record with a 140.91 set average as he secured a second-round win in the PDC World Championship with a 3-1 victory over fellow Englishman Ryan Meikle on Saturday.
What an atmosphere. What a walk-on! 😍
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) December 21, 2024
Luke Littler is BACK at Ally Pally! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/te8wO1EO0p
Tournament favourite Littler bagged four maximum 180s while winning three consecutive legs in 11, 10, and 11 darts, setting a record set average and finishing with an overall average of 100.85.
“It was probably the toughest game I’ve ever played. I had to fight until the end,” Littler said in front of 3,000 fans at Alexandra Palace.
Next up for Luke
The Runcorn born player now will face Ian White who hails from the same town in the third round with the tie earmarked for 28 December and will be the final game of a three-card bill with proceedings in North London set to commence at 7:30 pm (local time).
"I WANTED LUKE LITTLER" | Ian White Jokes He May Need Three Nine Darters To Topple Littler
— Darts Now (@DartsNow_) December 22, 2024
The Diamond praised the teenager for 'putting darts back on the map' and is taking the Gary Anderson approach to the sport
🎥FULL INT.👇🏼https://t.co/9mjKGYYluH pic.twitter.com/12wZ1ifcl4
Littler was recently been voted best young sports personality and second in the general vote in the BBC Sportsman of the Year awards and is the firm favourite to take the darts crown this year at ‘Ally Pally’.
The BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2024 is… Luke Littler! @LukeTheNuke180 reached the PDC World Championship final at the age of 16 and picked up 10 senior trophies this year. #SPOTY pic.twitter.com/kUUWKwdu3G
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 17, 2024
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