When Eilidh Milne was visited by her father and brother on Tuesday, she initially protested against their insistence on watching the darts world championship on television.
But Milne, 26, soon found herself on the edge of her seat, yelling at the TV and leaping into the air when the teenager Luke Littler, who had taken the tournament by storm, defeated the 2018 world champion, Rob Cross, in the semi-finals.
