Luke Littler is already eyeing up his next televised nine-darter after hitting the perfect leg in his win over Nathan Aspinall on Friday.
The 16-year-old is in Bahrain this week for his first event since his remarkable run to the final of the World Championships.
He wrapped up a 6-3 win in his opening match of the tournament after a shaky start in his against Man Lok Leung on Thursday.
A tougher test awaited in the quarter-final against Aspinall, but Littler raised the roof in the very first leg with the perfect nine-darter.
Luke Littler has his eyes set on another nine-darter
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The crowd went wild as Littler bounced around the stage before being embraced by a smiling Aspinall.
Littler made sure his achievement wasn't in vein as he wrapped up the match to progress to the semi-finals.
Speaking after his win, Littler revealed what Aspinall told him on stage when they embraced after his nine-dart finish.
"After I hit it, Nath went 'it's only hold of throw', I know myself [laughs]," he told ITV with a smile.
"But I'm just glad to win. I think I played really well there."
Littler's nine-darter was the 90th televised perfect leg in darts history and makes him the youngest player to ever do it.
"It's good to get one [a nine-darter] on TV and obviously the first one of the year goes to me," he added.
When told that Phil Taylor was the only other player to hit a nine-dart finish at the World Series of Darts, Littler's beaming smile grew even larger.
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And the teenage darts sensation already has his eye on hitting even more nine-dart finishes having only just started his professional career.
He added: "Well, hopefully I hit a few more!"
His win over Aspinall set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash with Gerwyn Price and put him just two victories away from clinching the Bahrain Masters.
Luke Littler was full of joy after his win
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But Littler wasn't getting ahead of himself in thinking about the prospect of lifting the trophy.
"I just take it game by game, if I win, I win, if I lose my next game, it is what it is," Littler said.
"But I don't think about losing, I only think about winning."
