Whether he beat or lost to Michael van Gerwen on the Alexandra Palace stage on Friday night, Luke Littler was always going to leave his second World Darts Championship as a winner. After all, he is the catalyst for and the face of the ongoing darts boom – all as a 17-year-old.
As it happened, Littler rubber-stamped his status as a generational talent and completed his coronation as king of the Palace by taking his first world title in ruthlessly impressive fashion.
