The World No. 1 produced another blistering show to set himself up for title defence at Worlds Relentless Luke Littler shot eyes straight to the big one after yet another sizzling success. The 18-year-old scooped a stunning sixth darts major of 2025 by landing The Players Championship. crown and £120, 000 in Minehead. Littler defeated Nathan Aspinall 11-8 in the Final to add the trophy to the World Championship, World Matchplay, Grand Prix, Grand Slam and UK Open silverware which he’d already snared during a glorious year which has also seen him rocket to World No. 1, But The Nuke set his sights immediately on a title defence at the Ally Pally with the biggest event of the lot now next on the calendar. Littler said: “Everything’s where it’s at. The Grand Prix, the Grand Slam, now this and we’ll move onto the big one next month. “I didn’t put myself high enough in the ranking, so it wasn’t easy to get to this Final. But I’m very proud to get this one ticked off the list and now there’s only two more to go. “Nathan’s been playing very well for a good few weeks now, but I just had to dig in at the end there. I know I played brilliant all tournament and I’m glad I got the job done. “Obviously, early on in my career I was just being myself, but now I’m starting to let out a bit more emotion, starting to get into the games and it’s still paying off. “I’m glad I got this and now we look on to next month. We’re up at 8am Monday morning, off to London to see who we do play in the Ally Pally and then it’s home.” Aspinall was disappointed to lose the Final, but the superb run in Minehead saw him hit a key landmark of his own ahead of the Worlds. He explained: “A fantastic weekend for myself to make the Final. I’m back in the top 16 and that was a big target. “I don’t know how this guy [Littler] has the energy. Well I do, he’s 18, I’m 34! I congratulate Luke, the guy is incredible. He’s a good mate of mine and what he’s done for this game is incredible. I was happy to share that stage with him. I know he beat me, but we move on and I’m in the top 16 now, where I belong.”.
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