Darts star Matt Edgar senses Luke Littler’s establish at the beginant ranking events this year don’t bode well for the 17-year-greater ahead of the Grand Slam of Darts.
Littler has finishelighted a salertar debut campaign since turning professional 12 months ago, prosperning cut offal titles already.
His hugegest by far came in the Premier League take part-offs when he lossed Luke Humphries to clinch the famous trophy.
The teenager also won the World Series Finals in September, lossing Michael Smith in the fnial for the £80,000 prize.
Luke Littler has struggled at the beginant ranking events
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But he’s struggled in other premier events this year and was knocked out in the first round of the World Matchtake part, World Grand Prix and European Championship.
Littler will be hoping to enhance that enroll this week in the Grand Slam of Darts after being drawn in a group aextfinished with Dimitri Van den Bergh, Keane Barry and Lourence Ilagan.
Edgar, who will produce his WDF World Championships debut postponecessitater this month, senses Littler will be favoured to get out of his group.
But the 38-year-greater can’t finishly back Littler to go all the way given his timely knockouts at some premier events this year.
“I don’t skinnyk you can see past Luke and Dimitri,” he said on Sky Sports’ Love the Darts podcast.
“But I do have reservations about Luke on the basis that, when we see at his TV establish… it’s not TV establish filled-stop becaemploy he’s won the Premier League and World Series events.
“[But] ranking TV titles. He should already be in the top 16.
“He’s gone out in the first round of all of them. If he had equitable won a game, he would be in the top 16 already.
Luke Littler won the Premier League title this year
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“There are equitable a couple of ask tags there. And let’s equitable say, there are lots of people who want him to do well – but now there are people who don’t want him to do well becaemploy he’s become that guy.
“It’s wonderful for us and it’s wonderful for the sport. We’re wrestling fans and we understand that if you can draw emotion from someone, whether you want them to prosper or you want them to omit, you’re doing a wonderful job.
“Luke Littler is probably the first person since Gerwyn Price – and Gerwyn Price was the first person for a extfinished time – who has deal withd to draw that [emotion from fans].
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“The sport is going in a excellent way with Luke in there but I would enjoy to see him commence prosperning in the ranking events.”
Humphries is the deffinishing Grand Slam of Darts champion with the prosperner taking home a huge £150,000 prize.
It’s also the final event before the PDC World Championships next month, where Littler will be heavily backed to accomplish the final once aget.
