Luke Littler freezes out Danny Noppert in another display of darting dominance at Players Championship Finals

Luke Littler has starred again at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. After big wins over Rob Cross (6-0) and Ritchie Edhouse (6-2), Danny Noppert has become the next victim of 'The Nuke'. Littler once again showed his top form with an average of 105 and left Noppert defenseless 10-3.

Littler broke the Dutchman already in the first leg after a 13-darter, then made it 2-0 via an 11-darter. Noppert came back to 2-2, but again surrendered his own leg. After a 15-darter, Littler went into the break with a 3-2 lead.

In the second session the 17-year-old Englishman turned on the turbo. A 13-darter and a 15-darter made it 5-2, after which a 105 finish made it 6-2. A 12-darter and a 129 check-out followed to make it 8-2. After the second break, Noppert finally grabbed another leg before Littler produced a 13-darter for 9-3. The English prodigy then decided the match with a 17-darter. In the last eight, Littler will face Mike de Decker, who was too strong for Niels Zonneveld with a 10-4 win.

Ryan Joyce is also going to return to the last eight at the Players Championship Finals. 'Relentless' recorded a convincing 10-6 victory over Martin Schindler. The match between Ross Smith and Andrew Gilding was also uneventful. 'Smudger' only allowed opponent Andrew Gilding one leg and defeated 'Goldfinger' 10-1.