Luke Littler SQUARED UP to by fuming opponent who brands Brit teen darts sensation ‘arrogant’ in fiery clash
LUKE LITTLER was aggressively CONFRONTED by Ricardo Pietreczko before being labelled “arrogant” by his rival.
The teen sensation smashed the German 7-3 in their Belgian Darts Open semi-final.
But Littler, 17, was left bemused as ‘Pikachu’ angrily flew towards him at the end of their match and almost clashed heads.
Pietreczko appeared to give the Warrington wonderkid an earful of verbals.
Littler said on a darts Facebook group: “No idea what I did wrong, no idea what he said. He said something then don’t do it again.”
Earlier Littler won his quarter-final after admitting he only practised for 20 minutes due to watching Liverpool’s draw with Manchester City.
The teen sensation beat Jermaine Wattimenta 6-2 and the kid blitzed the quick-throwing Dutch star with a 160 finish and almost broke the tournament average record with a 110.06 total, just short of the highest 110.65.
He said: “I only had 20 minutes practice because I was watching the football!
“Everything went well and when Jermaine put me under pressure, that’s when I hit my doubles.
“If you didn’t see it, I tried to slow myself down taking a drink and tried not to get over-fast, compose myself and that’s what I’ve done.”
Littler won on his World Series debut in Bahrain and Pro Tour in Wigan.
On winning on his Euro debut, he added: “It would mean a lot. It would be my first Euro Tour and obviously get me up the rankings even more. But whatever happens, happens.”
The Warrington wonderkid also hit six perfect darts in the fourth leg, just falling short of the treble 20 on the third visit.
He also had hit nine darters on his World Series and ProTour debuts on the way to both titles.
He said: “I’ll try again later!”
Littler broke Wattimena’s throw immediately with double 10 and quickly doubled the lead with the 160 checkout.
The Dutchman pulled a leg back but Littler soon stretched clear with back-to-back 11-dart legs. He finally wrapped it up with double five.