Luke Littler announces he will ‘switch it up’ at Players Championship Finals as he reveals change of tactics

LUKE LITTLER revealed helium is acceptable to alteration tactics astatine the Players Championship Finals.

The 17-year-old smashed Danny Noppert 10-3 yesterday to acceptable up a clash against Mike De Decker today.

In his triumph implicit the Dutchman, Littler doubly landed six cleanable darts but fell abbreviated of the nine-darter connected his seventh throw.

He was ironically jeered by the assemblage astatine Butlin's Minehead erstwhile helium was near visibly frustrated by his failed attempts.

Asked if the nine-darter was getting closer, The Nuke revealed helium would beryllium changing maneuver to unafraid it.

Littler said: "Every clip I commencement immoderate limb with a 180 they expect maine to travel up.

"If I bash get a changeable it’s going to beryllium treble 17 for treble 15, truthful I’ll power it up.”

Littler is nary alien to changing his checkout routes, brilliantly landing a 20 and 2 bullseyes to seal a leg from 120 successful showbiz fashion against Ritchie Edhouse yesterday.

On however helium trains for his large finishes, the teen sensation revealed: "I don't truly play online but erstwhile I play against the machine bot I enactment it up to 105, 110 averages to spot if I tin win."

Littler's unthinkable emergence this twelvemonth has seen beryllium dubbed the "next Phil Taylor".

But helium is not getting carried distant with the comparisons, adding: "It’s brainsick to deliberation astir trying to bushed Phil Taylor’s records of 16 satellite titles.

"But I conjecture I’ll conscionable person to support going for years and years."