World Series of Darts Finals LIVE RESULTS: Luke Littler THRASHES Michael Smith in thrilling final and bags £80k prize
LUKE LITTLER thrashed Michael Smith in what turned out to be a dominant World Series of Darts final - and has earned himself a £80k prize in the process.
The teenage sensation thrashed Michael van Gerwen 11-4 after beating Chris Dobey earlier in the day.
And he made easy work of Smith in tonight's final, beating Bully Boy 11-4.
- RESULT: Luke Littler def. Michael Smith
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Littler 10-4 Van Gerwen
Littler sets up a 160 finish, but he falls short with 140.
MVG needed 112, but managed just 54 in a disappointing visit at the oche.
20 needed, Littler finds his favourite double 10. Enjoy the genuis at work.
Littler 9-4 Van Gerwen
Litler sets up 42 with a 132 score.
With MVG on 182, he has the time on his next throw.
Of course he returns and wins another leg. He's flying and MVG has no answer.
Littler 8-4 Van Gerwen
Astonishing! Six legs on the spin!
He sank that leg in just 10 darts.
Average is up to 109 now.
Littler 7-4 Van Gerwen
Unreal from MVG. He starts another session with a 180.
Littler replies with a 140 to keep ahead in the leg, though.
He scores another 140 on his next throw to leave 122.
Littler then sets up 40 on his next finish with MVG unable to finish on 166.
He misses the double 20, but sinks the double 10.
Littler 6-4 Van Gerwen
Littler's turning the screw on MVG's throw.
He's left himself with 40.
But MVG hits a 180 to leave himself with double 10 finish on his next throw and really put the pressure on.
But Littler hits tops on his next go to seal the leg. What a seven minutes of darts from Littler - he's won four on the spin.
Littler 5-4 Van Gerwen
Another 180 from Littler, as his average hits around the 107 mark.
He sets up 40, with Van Gerwen whittling his score down to 74.
Best friend again, double 10, pops up. Littler's ahead for the first time in this contest.
Littler 4-4 Van Gerwen
A maximum sees Littler needing 80.
Van Gerwen's out on 305.
Littler misses tops to score 60, leaving 20.
MVG pus the pressure on with a 171 score to need just 77.
But double 10 is Littler's best friend on the dart board. We're level!
Litter 3-4 Van Gerwen
Littler sets up 60 with 86.
With MVG on plus 300, he's got darts in hand.
MVG still can't finish on 182, even though Littler can't make it count.
Littler returns to finish 20 with double 10.
Littler 2-4 Van Gerwen
MVG kicks off with another 180 AGAIN. He can just switch it on.
A long way ahead in the leg, he's on a two darter after nine darts.
Double 14 means MVG clocks a 96 finish. Fabulous from MVG.
Littler 2-3 Van Gerwen
A 180 puts Littler in control.
An 11-darter from the Nuke means he fires back to go within one.
But the advantage is with MVG who broke Littler's throw.
There's a break
Littler 1-3 Van Gerwen
MVG not under any pressure with Littler on 186.
He needs 73 to go two legs up again.
And he doesn't waste any time, needing just two darts.
Littler 1-2 Van Gerwen
Littler misses a bull to sink 124 by inches.
But he gets to return to the oche for a 25 finish at his next go.
The Nuke's on the board now.
Littler 0-2 Van Gerwen
Littler has the chance to break back, but misses tops.
MVG then closes 94, and is two out of two on the doubles.
Littler missed a chance there.
Littler 0-1 Van Gerwen
MVG starts off with a max in his first three darts. He means business.
He then throws 171 against the throw.
But MVG can't finish 110.
Littler then stutters in making 12.
MVG sinks double 20 to go 1 up.
And the players are coming out
It's the walk-ins...
It's MVG who comes out first, with the home crowd riled up.
'Oh, Michael Van Gerwen' rings out in the arena to the tune of The White Striples.
Littler comes out next to his familiar Pitbull anthem.
The players being their warm up, before the action commences.
Round-up of the results
At 6pm we'll do the mouth-watering semi-finals, then the final.
Here's the results from the afternoon session.
Semi-final line up
It's a battle of the titans coming up in the evening session.
Here's the schedule:
Luke Littler vs Michael Van Gerwen
Peter Wright vs Michael Smith
Epic match
It was an epic encounter between Bully Boy and Voltage.
Smith's 103 average was insane.
When are the semi-finals and final?
The live broadcast for the semi-finals and final will commence from 6pm.
Smith maxing out
Michael Smith must love the Amsterdam stage life because he has done a total of 41 legs out of a possible 41 to make the semi-finals.
His first two matches ended in 6-5 wins against Wessel Nijman and Jose Oliveira de Sousa, before winning 10-9 against Cross.
Semi-finals
So the semi-finals are now set.
Luke Littler v Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright v Michael Smith
Two of the quarters went all the way to 19 legs, one saw 19 180s hit between the two players and the other saw total domination.
We should be in for some thrilling last-four action later today.
Cross 9-10 Smith
Cross hits a 180 with his first darts, but a poor second throw allows Smith to claw back to within range.
Smith narrowly misses a 127 checkout from bullseye.
Cross has the chance to win with double tops, but he misses three darts in a row to hand the advantage back to Bully Boy.
Smith then hits five, leaving him with double 10 needed to win.
He misses his first dart but lands his second one to win the game.
What a quarter-final.
Cross 9-9 Smith
Smith hits a 180 with his first darts which sets him up nicely for an attempt at a double 12 checkout.
He misses the first time around but makes no mistake the second time to level the scores and send them to sudden death.
Cross 9-8 Smith
Smith pulls one back. He is not out of this contest yet.
Cross 9-7 Smith
Cross takes his fourth leg in a row to put him within one of the game win.