"Two years after the tournament that changed everything forever, Littler returns to north London as the defending champion, the world No 1, the indisputable titan of the game. The UK Open champion, the World Matchplay champion, the World Grand Prix champion, the double Grand Slam winner, the Players Championship Finals winner. He has won more than twice as much ranking money as his closest competitor."
"And frankly, who will stop him? Who might stop him? Who genuinely believes they can stop him? Over the months an irresistible aura seems to have grown around the boy king, a relentless consistency on both rings, a sense of inevitability and predestination that paralyses his opponents' game and stirs his own, the unswerving belief that he can win from any position, in whatever way he wants."
Luke Littler often appears incongruous in ordinary clothes and everyday situations despite global fame and youth. He is a young man from Warrington who transformed darts with prodigious talent and relentless success. Littler holds multiple major titles and leads rankings and prize money by a wide margin. He aims to defend his world title on 3 January and become the first to retain it in a decade. An aura of inevitability surrounds his performances, built on consistent excellence and repeated comebacks from severe deficits, undermining opponents' confidence and reinforcing his belief in winning from any position.
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