Luke Littler's run of 13 successive 100+ averages came to an end but his performance was still good enough to battle past Ian White 4-2 and reach the fourth round of the Paddy Power World Darts Champi

LUKE LITTLER STRUGGLED to hit top form but still did enough to ease into the last 16 of the World Darts Championship with a 4-1 win over Ian White at Alexandra Palace. The 17-year-old survived a series of errant doubles and had set darts against him in the first and fourth sets before finding his range when it mattered to sink his veteran opponent.

Luke Littler has taken the darts world by storm over the past 12 months, but the World Championship favourite can be a real headache for one group of officials in the sport

Luke Littler was a little-known darts prodigy making waves with his first-ever appearance at the World Darts Championship. A year on, and he has become the sport's most recognisable face, with an ascent to fame as sharp as the points of his 23-gram darts.