Łukasz Małyr he is still the man to beat in 2025 PDC World Darts Championships when the 17-year-old defeated his stablemate Nathan Aspinall 5-2 in the quarter-finals.
Aspinall didn’t play badly, but Littler was amazing at times, averaging over 110, and sent his statement ahead of tomorrow night’s semi-finals, where he will face Stephen Bunting.
Littler scored an astonishing 15.180 in the match for an average of 101, while Aspinall averaged 96 for 11.180 in a defeat himself.
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Littler left Aspinall shaken, leaving the stage after the opening set. “The Nuke” quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead with an average of 118.6 and took the lead, and it got even better.
He took a 2-0 lead in sets, winning six games out of seven, achieving a 60% doubles success rate and averaging 111.
Aspinall finally got a set on the board. He dug deep to seal victory in the decider and take a 2-1 advantage, although he still had a big mountain to climb, and that didn’t get any easier when Littler landed an 82 on an 11-darter in the deciding part of the fourth set to take a 3-up lead: 1.
He came close to the brink, quickly storming through the fifth set 3-1 with 81 points to seal the victory, scoring 11 game-highs so far and leading 4-1. Littler tied the game in the next set with a 13-darter as Aspinall was running out of time and answers. Every time he finished a fight he had to do it, with Littler often breathing down his neck.
The deal and the point was to leave 65 and Littler hit a 180 to leave 90. He missed and Littler pinned the bull for a 2-1 score. This time it was Aspinall who did the same while Littler waited for victory, with ‘The Asp’ scoring a 62 as he looked for a late resurgence.
Aspinall scored 70 points and was down 4-2 in sets. But Littler let it go with Cash 101, which Aspinall could only applaud. He hit 130 of 170, leaving a double 20 that he hit.
𝗡𝗨𝗞𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗦 ☢️
Luke Littler enters the World Championship semi-finals for the second year in a row thanks to a dominant victory over Nathan Aspinall with an average of 101.5 and 1⃣5⃣ 180!@LukeTheNuke180 | #WCDarts pic.twitter.com/k6MQcIUN1L
— Live Darts (@livedarts) January 1, 2025
