‘I’ve not faced anything difficult’: belief fuelling Luke Littler’s world title charge

16-year-old will change nothing for final against Humphries‘I only set myself one goal at this tournament – to win one game’

It looked easy, it was easy, and the world’s newest sporting sensation admitted as much. “I don’t think I’ve faced anything difficult,” said Luke Littler after reaching his first world championship final by thrashing Rob Cross 6-2.

“I don’t think anything’s been difficult to me, no disrespect to anyone I’ve faced. A few sets went 3-2. But I just believe in myself, believe in my own ability.” Whatever happens in Wednesday’s final against the new world No 1, Luke Humphries, Littler’s life and the sport of darts have already changed for ever.

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