All the semi-finalists were revealed on Monday at the World Darts Championship, which continues in London, and among them is the remarkable 16-year-old Luke Littler (PDC 164th).
Littler, who started as a qualifier, met the experienced Brendan Dolan (PDC 28) in the quarterfinals and began the match with four straight set victories. Dolan then won the fifth set, but fell again in the sixth and the 16-year-old Littler earned a solid 5-1 victory and advanced.
Littler’s three-arrow average rose above one hundred again: 101.93. His field goal percentage was 47, or 16 of 34. Dolan’s three-point average was 86.45 and he made 44.44 percent of his field goals.
Littler will face 2018 world champion Rob Cross (PDC No. 8), who defeated world No. 17 Chris Dobey 5-4 in his quarterfinals, in the semifinals.
In doing so, Cross became the first man to come out of a 0-4 deficit at the World Cup. In a tense match, the accuracy of Cross’ shots was fatal for Dobey: Cross scored 57.1% of the time, Dobey was accurate only 32.79% of the occasions.
In the second semi-final, Luke Humphries (PDC 3rd) and Scott Williams (PDC 52nd) will face each other, who eliminated three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen (PDC 2nd).
The semi-finals will take place on Tuesday evening, the final on Wednesday.
2024-01-02 08:09:00
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