Luke Littler makes decision on Premier League preparation after losing temper during Gerwyn Price loss

Luke Littler makes decision on Premier League preparation after losing temper during Gerwyn Price loss

WATCH NOW: Luke Littler reacts to hitting a nine-darter before the Premier League

Lewis Winter

By Lewis Winter


Published: 17/02/2024

- 11:59

The youngster will be busy ahead of the next round of the Premier League

Luke Littler will again have an extremely busy few days before night four in the Premier League next Thursday.

The teenager has decided to play two tournaments on Monday and Tuesday and two qualifying events on Wednesday ahead of his trip to Newcastle.


Littler lost in his quarter-final for the first time in the Premier League last Thursday, going down in a final-leg thriller against Gerwyn Price.

He was visibly angry at the end of the match and appeared to hit himself in frustration after missing an audacious attempt to win the game with two doubles.

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Luke Littler has decided on his schedule ahead of night four in the Premier League

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Littler had got past the quarter-final stage in his first two weeks in the tournament.

He lost in the semi-final on the opening night in Cardiff before a defeat to Michael van Gerwen in the final in Berlin.

On both occasions, Littler had a few days to prepare for the night's action.

However, it was different this week ahead of night three in Glasgow when he played on each of the three days leading up to it.

Littler played in his first ProTour event at the Players Championship 1 in Wigan on Monday and hit a nine-darter on his way to a tournament victory.

He won seven matches, including beating Ryan Searle in a tightly-contested final which went to the final leg.

Littler was back at the same venue the following day for Players Championship 2 but this time lost in the second round to Polish-Irish bus driver Radek Szaganski.

The 17-year-old still couldn't turn his attention to Glasgow, though, as he had two Tour Card Holder Qualifiers on Wednesday.

Littler needed to finish in the top 10 in order to qualify for a European Tour tournament.

He did so in the first event, the ET1 Tour Card Holder qualifier, after gaining revenge over Szaganski with a 6-0 whitewash in his first match.

Littler's three wins secured entry to the Belgian Darts Open, which takes place between March 8 and 10.

Later on Wednesday, he had the chance to qualify for the German Darts Grand Prix in the ET2 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers.

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Luke Littler will play Monday to Wednesday before the Premier League on Thursday

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However, after beating Christian Perez in his first match, he lost to Jim Williams, meaning he will miss out on the trip to Germany.

It was Littler's busiest week since becoming a professional player and bursting onto the scene at the World Darts Championship.

But it has been confirmed he will do it all again next week.

The PDC have revealed that Littler has decided to play at the Players Championship 3 on Monday and Players Championship 4 on Tuesday.

Gerwyn Price and Luke Littler

Gerwyn Price beat Luke Littler in the Premier League in Glasgow last week

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Both of those tournaments take place at Leicester's Mattioli Arena and gives Littler a chance of picking up more ranking points.

He will stay at the venue on Wednesday for the ET3 and ET4 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers.

Littler will again have to finish in the top 10 to secure qualification for a tournament.

Success in ET3 will see players qualify for the International Darts Open in Germany between April 12 and 14.

ET4 triumph would mean players enter the European Darts Grand Prix, which also takes place in Germany between April 19 and 21.

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