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0 Luke Littler hit another stunning nine-dart finish as he beat Rob Cross in a gripping Belgian Darts Open final to claim a first European Tour title on his debut in the series.
In a titanic final against the 2018 world champion that went all the way to a deciding leg, Littler again hit darts’ perfect leg in a PDC tournament this year to continue the astonishing, headline-making start to his professional career.
Having opening up the 11th leg of a closely-fought final with back-to-back 180s to leave himself the chance of the nine-darter on 144, the 17-year-old made no mistake on his third visit of the leg courtesy of two treble 20s and a double 12 to send the Oktoberhallen wild.
But as the celebrations from the Belgian crowd continued, Cross threatened to take the match and the title as he won the next two legs to move one away from victory.
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German Ricardo Pietreczko had a feisty exchange with Luke Littler after losing to him in the semi-finals of the European Tour.
However, as he has already demonstrated several times in his short but stunning professional career, Littler was not out of it yet and took it to a 15th-leg decider where he held his throw to secure his maiden Euro Tour crown at the first attempt.
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