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LUKE LITTLER has been offered the accidental to get revenge connected a semipermanent rival.
The darts sensation has discovered his 3 opponents to instrumentality connected successful the Mr Vegas Grand Slam radical stage.
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Littler, 17, volition instrumentality connected Ireland's Keane Barry, Dimitri Van den Bergh and the PDC Asian champion Lourence Ilagan successful Group F.
He has faced each 3 of the players earlier successful his career, but Barry and helium person a overmuch deeper history.
The 2 faced disconnected successful the JDC finals successful 2019 erstwhile Littler was conscionable 12 years old.
The Irishman came retired connected apical successful that match, which means Littler could person the spot betwixt his teeth for vengeance.
Speaking to Off the Ball YouTube channel, Barry said: "I played against Luke a fewer times erstwhile helium was younger.
"I ever knew helium was a bully thrower. I did not cognize astatine 16, helium would spell connected to bash what helium has.
"It is simply a spot mad, but just play to the lad, helium is doing great.
"He ever had the endowment for sure, but you cannot foretell these things."
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When asked astir Littler's astonishing rise, Barry insisted helium was impressed with the teenager's composure with each the attention.
He added: "I deliberation the mode helium took everything successful his stride.
Luke Littler stunned by rival 36 YEARS older than him arsenic Nuke loses successful archetypal circular for 3rd large tourney successful a row
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is simply a database of Darts satellite champions by year.
The database does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) epoch oregon BDO satellite champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is lone listed erstwhile - Barney besides won 4 BDO titles - and nary of Eric Bristow's 5 BDO titles are included.
- 1994 - Dennis Priestley
- 1995 - Phil Taylor
- 1996 - Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 - Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 - Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 - Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 - Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 - Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 - Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 - John Part
- 2004 - Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 - Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 - Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 - John Part (2)
- 2009 - Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 - Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 - Adrian Lewis
- 2012 - Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 - Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 - Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 - Gary Anderson
- 2016 - Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 - Rob Cross
- 2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 - Peter Wright
- 2021 - Gerwyn Price
- 2022 - Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 - Michael Smith
- 2024 - Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
- 14 - Phil Taylor
- 3 - Michael van Gerwen
- 2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries
"Getting up determination and hitting the mean helium is hitting and brushing speech apical people players is simply a recognition to himself.
"He is taking it each successful his stride, and I don't deliberation helium has immoderate fear. That looks to beryllium his mindset."
The 4 players volition jostle for a spot successful the past 16 with lone 2 qualifying retired of the group.
The tournament volition commencement connected Saturday astatine the WV Active Aldersley successful Wolverhampton.
Luke Humphries is the current reigning champion, having won the rubric 12 months ago.
Inside Littler's monolithic rise
LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts satellite by tempest since exploding onto the country astatine the PDC World Championship astatine the opening of the year.
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