Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler has continued to capture the imagination of the public with a stunning win in his World Series of Darts debut at the Bahrain Masters.
Littler, who turns 17 on Sunday, powered his way past the Dutch three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen to win 8-5 in the final.
Earlier he even produced a nine-darter finish in the first leg of his 6-3 quarter final victory over compatriot Nathan Aspinall and beat Gerwyn Price 7-3 on Friday to reach the final.
Its 16-year-old Littler's first senior title since losing to the PDC World Darts Championship final to Luke Humphries earlier this month.
"No-one believes me but I hadn't thrown a dart since the world final until yesterday," Littler told ITV4.
"MVG is the very best and I'm just very happy to win on my debut. It's been unbelievable this week," he said.
In beating Aspinall, Price and Van Gerwen, he recorded victories over three of the world's top five ranked players to claim the title.
Littler also became the youngest person to make a nine-darter - scoring 501 with the minimum number of darts required - on live television and is only the second player to achieve the feat in the World Series, which started in 2013, after 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.
He heads back to Europe next to feature in the Dutch Masters on January 26 and 27 at Maaspoort Den Bosch.
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