Luke Littler storms into Grand Slam of Darts semi-finals with thumping win
Littler will take on Gary Anderson in the last four.
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Your support makes all the difference.Luke Littler stormed into the Grand Slam of Darts semi-finals in style with a thumping 16-2 victory over Jermaine Wattimena in Wolverhampton.
After a great start to the tournament in the group stages, Littler followed up his solid showing against Mike De Decker with an utterly dominant display against Wattimena in Saturday’s quarter-final to set up a last-four showdown with Gary Anderson.
Littler got off to a brilliant start and came close to hitting a nine-darter in the second leg, falling just short after narrowly missing double 12.
The 17-year-old threw seven 180s in the opening five legs alone and hit his highest checkout of the game with a 167 finish in the sixth leg.
Wattimena won the seventh but was unable to threaten a comeback as Littler raced further clear to finish with 12 maximums and an average of 105.11.
Littler told Sky Sports: “I felt very confident coming into tonight. I just thought to myself it’s little bursts – first to five, break, first to five, break.
“I played so well, I’m so happy and fair play to Jermaine, I was too good tonight.”
Littler hopes a Grand Slam nine-darter will come soon, adding: “When you’re playing that good, you feel it coming every time. Every time I go for a 180 the crowd expect it, but as a player you do feel it coming.
I was too good tonight
“It’ll take time, but hopefully it does come.”
Littler will meet Anderson on Sunday after the Scot beat Gian van Veen 16-14 in their quarter-final clash.
After a tight start to the match, Anderson won four successive legs to take a two-leg lead at 6-4.
Although Van Veen remained firmly on the Scotsman’s heels throughout, Anderson threw a 99.13 average to edge through.
Sunday’s other semi-final sees Mickey Mansell take on Martin Lukeman.
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