Luke Littler rampaged to an historic victory over Michael Van Gerwen to become the sport's youngest ever world champion. Littler and Van Gerwen met in the showpiece PDC World Championship final , with the teenage prodigy looking to beat the former three-time champion to claim the Sid Waddell trophy. The sport has grown to unprecedented new levels in the modern era, and millions of eyes were keen to see if it would be 'The Nuke' or the 'Green Machine' who would etch their name in the history books.
Anticipation was at its highest at Ally Pally, with the second and third players on the PDC Order of Merit set to do battle, to remove Luke Humphries who held the title from last year's win over Littler. But it was 17-year-old meteoric talent who put on one of the most breathtaking displays in arrows history under the brightest of lights. He became the sport's youngest ever world champion as just a teenage sensation, seven years before his rival Van Gerwen completed the feat aged 24 in 2014 against Peter Wright.
Littler, who turns 18 on January 21, stormed to a sensational 7-3 victory, and landed a huge £500,000 winners prize, completing a remarkable rise in just one year. He put the sorrows of last year's debut final defeat to Luke Humphries behind him, and completed a barely believable first annum on the PDC tour. No doubt his stardom will catapult into a new stratosphere, and he was visibly delighted his first victory at Ally Pally was confirmed.
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