Ryan Joyce, who faces Luke Littler in the fourth round, expresses confidence in his ability to cause an upset despite acknowledging Littler's superior scoring power.
Ryan Joyce believes he can upset Luke Littler's World Darts Championship run and has warned the teenager that he needs to improve his game to beat him at the Alexandra Palace on Monday. Littler followed his 3-1 victory over Ryan Meikle in his tournament opener by defeating Ian White in the third round on Saturday evening, where the fourth seed survived set darts in three of the first four sets before closing out a 4-1 win. The 17-year-old produced a 97.
84 average but struggled on the outer ring, missing 24 of 37 attempts at double on his way to the last 16, with Littler admitting after his victory that he will need to improve his finishing during the later rounds. Joyce set up a fourth-round meeting with Littler after defeating Ryan Searle in a final-set decider earlier in the day, with the 39-year-old confident he can cause the pre-tournament favorite problems in his final match of 2024. 'I haven't got the scoring power consistently to compete with Luke Littler, but I can hit the doubles,' Joyce told reporters after his victory, where he converted 62 percent of double attempts and guaranteed that he will end the year inside the world's top 16. 'I'll go into the game thinking I can win the match, but I'll also feel like I'm the underdog to win. We've seen in sport so many times that the favorite doesn't always win, otherwise it would be boring to watch wouldn't it. 'If Luke Littler plays at his absolute top level, he can beat anybody won't he and he will brush me aside comfortably. 'If he just has a couple of off sets, he'll find that it will be two sets all after four'
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