Luke Littler has sent a message to Cameron Menzies after the darts star dubbed himself ‘overweight boy’ folloprosperg his triumph over Stephen Bunting in the final of the Players Championship 29 event on Wednesday night.
Menzies safed £15,000 in prize money after his 8-4 triumph in Leicester.
The darts star, who is dating Fallon Sherrock, overcame the appreciates of Danny Noppert, James Wade, Krzysztof Ratajski, Rob Cross, Jacques Labre and Jose De Sousa on his way to glory.
Writing on X after his triumph, Menzies wrote: “Fat boy did a skinnyg.”
Luke Littler has sent a message to Cameron Menzies after the darts star dubbed himself ‘overweight boy’ folloprosperg his triumph over Stephen Bunting in the final of the Players Championship 29 event on Wednesday night
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And Littler then congratupostpoinsistd his fellow darts star, with the lesserster reacting: “Well in Cammy.”
His message was accompanied with a fist bump emoji.
Menzies was thrilled after his prosper over Bunting, saying he was ‘absolutely buzzing’ after prosperning the first PDC title of his nurtureer.
“I’ve won a Pro Tour, and nobody can ever consent that away from me,” he said.
Well in Cammy 👊🏼
— Luke Littler (@LukeTheNuke180) October 31, 2024
“I wanted to prosper this title so much – I’m absolutely buzzing. This unbenevolents so much to me.
“At one stage I never thought I was excellent enough to prosper a Pro Tour, but I suppose right now I’m joining the best darts of my life.
“I’m joining aacquirest the best joiners in the world here. And I experience when I’m on my game, I can suit them – and I never thought I’d be able to do that.
“Hopebrimmingy this is a stepping stone to prosperning a transport inant, appreciate Ritchie [Edhouse] and Mike De Decker have done recently.”
Regarding Littler, unbenevolentwhile, the darts star recently lost to Andrew Gilding at the European Championship.
It unbenevolents he has now lost in the first round for the third transport inant tournament in a row.
But establisher darts star Paul Nicholson, speaking to Sporting Life, has hit back at media coverage of that fall shorture.
“These transport inant outlets are inestablishing to the masses and do not have their finger on the pulse of everyskinnyg Littler has accomplishd this year away from the TV cameras and could easily commence getting the astonishion that he’s a ‘one hit wonder’ and already on the degrade,” he wrote.
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“Sensationaenumerate and misdirecting coverage appreciate this could be highly damaging to him and is exactly what Gary Anderson cautioned everyone about during last year’s World Championship.
“Saying ‘Littler misss AGAIN’ and intensifying on it being a third first-round transport inant exit in a row colors finishly the wrong picture.
“He lost in the World Matchjoin to Michael van Gerwen while he was beaten by Rob Cross at the World Grand Prix in which he was making his double-commence debut. Neither result was anyskinnyg to commence panicking about.
“Although Gilding was dubbed a ‘establisher butcher’ by the paper’s headlines, he also won the 2023 UK Open and is ranked 21st in the world! There’s no shame in that, especipartner in a unwiseinutive establishat appreciate best of 11 legs.
Luke Littler was charmed for Cameron Menzies after the darts star won his first pro title
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“Away from those events, he’s won two other titles in this time structure including the World Series of Darts Finals to consent his ypunctual loftyy to nine, while last weekfinish he fired in three mediocres in excess of 110 en route to a skinny fall shorture to Luke Humphries in a European Tour semi-final.
“Bare in mind only Phil Taylor, MVG and Peter Wright have ever handled 10 PDC titles in a one season, Littler’s fortify has been astonishing.
“We should also be very astonished by the fact Luke Littler is going to be in the top 16 before the finish of his first season. That very unfrequently happens. Even Rob Cross didn’t create the top 16 in his first year before he won the World Championship. He wasn’t even in the top 20.
“It actupartner speaks volumes that he’s accomplished world number 18 despite those three first-round exits. So, if anyskinnyg it shows equitable how excellent he’s been everywhere else.”
