Luke Littler continues to be the favorite to win the PDC World Darts Championship after a strong second-round performance. The rising star faces veteran Ian White in the third round.
Littler remains the hot favourite as a host of big names were knocked out in the second round. This has been darts’ year of the underdog, from Ritchie Edhouse’s European Championship victory and Mike De Decker’s Grand Prix win to every part of The second, fifth and sixth seeds – Michael Smith, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall – will all spend their Christmases wondering what could have been, while relative unknowns like Robert Owen and Nick Kenny have a shot at glory.
Paolo Nebrida became the first Filipino player to make the last 32, while representatives from Australia, Sweden and Latvia also remain in the running. When does Luke Littler play in the third round? Littler remains the bookies’ favourite to win the title he just missed out on earlier this year, with his second-round performance doing little to alter that prediction. This earned him a last 32 game against Ian “Diamond” White, a darting veteran over three times Littler’s age who is aiming to match his previous Worlds best of reaching the quarter-final in 2014. The world No 60 has not made it past the quarter-finals of a PDC ranking major since 2021, but beat Michael van Gerwen 6-1 in last month’s Players Championship Finals. While White is an experienced player who should be respected, Littler has the gears to comfortably outstrip him and reach a last 16 match against either Ryan Searle or Ryan Joyce. Cross’s defeat to Scott Williams on Monday evening makes the prodigy’s route to the semi-final even smoother, although he is still on a collision course to play Stephen Bunting and Damon Heta are both still in Cool Hand’s quarter of the draw, either of which could trip up the reigning champion on their day. Jermaine Wattimena, who beat Humphries in the European Championship quarter-finals in October, is favourite to be his last 16 opponent. Having averaged 99 across his first two matches, the Dutchman is another genuine threat
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