Incredible Luke Littler so close to a historic nine-darter.
However, the scoreline does not quite reflect just how close the contest was in the opening sets as the 17-year-old battled against the nerves.
Littler also hit a staggering average of 140.91 in the fourth and final set of the match, shattering the record for the best average in a set at the World Championships.visibly emotional When asked why that was the case, Littler said: "All week I was looking forward, excited to play on stage, no nerves."And then as soon as I got on that stage, it was like, 'I don't want to be here.' Just in my head.Littler added: "The first set was just absolute nerves. Obviously I broke him and then come on for the second set with the throw and just didn't do awfully much about it.
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