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Luke Littler reveals what Rob Cross said to him on stage after darts semi-final victory

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Updated 10:04 3 Jan 2024 GMTPublished 10:00 3 Jan 2024 GMT

Luke Littler reveals what Rob Cross said to him on stage after darts semi-final victory

The 16-year-old beat Rob Cross by 6-2 in sets

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Sport, Luke Littler

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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Luke Littler has opened up on what Rob Cross said to him after he lost out to the teenage prodigy.

The 16-year-old history-maker has stunned the world after becoming the youngest-ever player to reach the PDC World Darts Championship final.

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Last night (2 January), he got one step closer to achieving the unthinkable with a convincing semi final win over Rob Cross.

Littler made it look easy with a 6-2 win in sets, producing three 130-plus checkouts while averaging 106.05.

“I haven’t got the words. It’s crazy,” he said.

“I have just settled on that stage.

“It has not even sunk in yet.

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“I have surprised myself.

“I have just got to stay focused and be Luke Littler.

“I have got to be mature and be myself.

“It would be unbelievable if I won it, I only wanted to win one match.”

Luke Littler is on course to completing his history-making World Championship dream.
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Cross - who is 17 years older than Littler - went and had a humble word the 16-year-old after losing out on a final place.

Littler revealed: "He just said 'God bless, I respect you and do it.

"I have no words, it's just crazy, that I'm in a World Championship final on my debut. I was happy winning one game but I could go all the way.

"My target was to still be here after Christmas and now here I am in the final. I've just settled on the stage - once I find the rhythm, I'm good to go."

Littler is also on track to becoming a very wealthy man.

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Littler has revealed what Rob Cross said to him on stage after he lost out to the teenage prodigy.
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Having reached the final, he is guaranteed an eye-watering £200,000 - and if he manages to go all the way - he'll get a whopping £500,000.

However, it's not just Littler who will profit big from tonight's (3 January) final against world number one Luke Humphries.

Betting fans - who put as little as £10 on Littler to win the lot - managed to get in on ridiculous 300/1 odds.

Taking to X (Twitter), one better tweeted: "I had an each way bet for him to win the whole thing. I get paid regardless of what happens now."

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"Fingers crossed he can do the job," a second added, while someone else said: "I’ve got him on 66/1 outright. Not taking the cash out as I’m not gonna lie, I had no idea who the lad was and slapped the bet on as a laugh knowing he was 16 years old, sticking by him now."

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