16 year old Luke Littler is the youngest darts player to ever reach the World Championship final. He will face current World Number 1, Luke Humphries at the Alexandra Palace to take home the trophy. Here is his story so far.
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00:00 As a fresh-faced youngster from the Northwest, no one could have predicted that Luke Littler's mesmeric rise to the very top of World Darts.
00:09 And yet, in this photo taken just five years ago of Littler and current World No. 1 Luke Humphreys, shows the potential that was just waiting to be realised.
00:18 Five years on, these two will face each other in the World Darts Championship Final.
00:22 Having only played four senior PDC matches before the World Championships, 16-year-old Littler was the definition of the word 'rookie'.
00:31 He became the youngest player to win a match at the World Championships when he defeated Christian Kist.
00:37 Since then, he has never looked back, beating a host of experienced players on his way to the final.
00:42 Tottenham player and darts enthusiast, James Madison, invited Littler to watch a Spurs game with him.
00:49 He then defeated 2018 World Champion Rob Cross in the semi-final to set up a showdown against Humphreys in what could become one of sport's great fairy tales.
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