Teen sensation Luke “The Nuke” Littler blasted previous Stephen Bunting 6-1 on Thursday to arrange a compelling PDC World Darts Championship title showdown with Dutch seven-time finalist Michael van Gerwen.
The 17-year-old Englishman, who took the darts world by storm final 12 months when he reached his first last, surged to a 4-0 lead earlier than “The Bullet” fired again to take the fifth set and forestall a whitewash.
Bunting, 39, had a golden probability to safe back-to-back units however didn’t seize it as his opponent, with an ice-cool gaze as regular as his hand, fired again and went 5-1 up with a brutal bullseye checkout.