Luke Littler braced for rivals’ revenge mission at Dutch Masters before Premier League test

World Darts Championship runner-up Luke Littler is headed to Den Bosch in The Netherlands for the Dutch Masters before getting down to business in the Premier League

Luke Littler expects a posse of Dutch rivals to be plotting revenge when he puts his Midas touch to the test in Den Bosch this weekend.

The darts boy wonder, now 17, enters the two-day Dutch Masters having defeated five former world champions in his last 11 matches, both in Bahrain last week and at the PDC World Championship. Yet, in Holland, he will find Michael van Gerwen, Raymond van Barneveld and Gian van Veen all ready to pounce for him.

In the Bahrain Darts Masters final, Littler defeated MVG, and Barney was one of his victims during a fairytale run at Ally Pally. In November, he defeated Van Veen to win the PDC Youth world title. Littler will face the Netherlands’ Dirk Van Duijvenbode in the first round on Saturday night following the draw.

The Warrington hotshot said: ” The standard will be great indeed. Either Gian or Raymond may desire vengeance. However, whoever we play, each first-round game will be extreme for the eight of us who are in the Head Association one week from now.”

Smaller, who hit a fantasy nine-darter against training accomplice Nathan Aspinall in Bahrain, claims he doesn’t anticipate winning a second progressive competition. He said: ” It would be an enormous reward to win once more, however on the off chance that I do lose, it’s back home and spotlight on Cardiff for the Chief Association.

“I said I’d take a sluggish beginning and afterward I hit a nine-darter in my most memorable leg. It is dependably a reward. I was just happy to win the gold palm tree, also known as the Bahrain Palm D’Or, over Nathan, Gezzy (Price), and Michael.

“Truly, I didn’t anticipate beating them, however I put stock in my own capacity and that gets me over the line each time. It was a decent involvement with Bahrain. It was very surprising to Partner Pally. I said you can hear everything in the group however I closed it off overall quite well. We went to the pictures with eight of us and signed autographs. The world’s gone distraught!”

Littler has a packed schedule for the Premier League following his trip to Den Bosch. It is the teen’s most memorable appearance in the competition, allowing him the opportunity to add to his Big showdown rewards amazingly.

The opposition makes ready in Cardiff on February 1, with Humbler gave a rematch against best on the planet Luke Humphries first up. It will likewise see the world’s best abilities return to the Netherlands in April, with night 12 being held in Rotterdam.

Every one of the 16 week after week victors will get a £10,000 reward, while there’s much greater cash accessible toward the finish of-season end of the season games. The winner of the May competition at the O2 in London will receive £275,000.