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Luke Littler comfortably bushed Michael Smith 11-4 to assertion his maiden World Series of Darts Finals rubric successful Amsterdam.
The teen recovered from losing the opening 2 legs to contention into a 7-3 pb by the interval.
Littler, 17, picked up wherever helium near disconnected aft returning to the oche and averaged 102.21 connected his mode to triumph and an £80,000 prize fund.
The Englishman besides disposed of location favourite Michael van Gerwen 11-4 successful the semi-final.
Littler, who began the time with a quarter-final triumph implicit Chris Dobey, secures his 3rd World Series rubric aft antecedently winning successful Bahrain and Poland this year.
He besides won the Premier League Darts rubric successful May aft beating Luke Humphries to avenge his decision successful the last of the World Championship.
"I'm precise blessed to win. To travel present and triumph connected my debut is simply a bully feeling.
"I'm playing good truthful I volition spell backmost location and signifier adjacent more. There is nary clip to beryllium about, it's a engaged wintertime coming up.
"Everyone wants to triumph everything but I've learned you can't bash that. I would similar to triumph different large [title]. I privation the Worlds arsenic anyone other does but different large would mean the world."
Asked if helium is presently the champion subordinate successful the world, Littler said: "Probably implicit this weekend.
"To mean 103 implicit 4 oregon 5 matches, it has been truly bully and I'm arrogant of myself."
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