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Luke Littler batters Michael Smith to win World Series of Darts

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Littler adds another title to his growing collection
Littler adds another title to his growing collectionKelly Deckers / PDC
Luke Littler adds another title to his still blossoming career. In the final of the World Series of Darts in Amsterdam, "The Nuke" defeated fellow countryman Michael Smith 11-4.

"I was relaxed tonight and played really well all weekend," said Littler after the match.

"I'll keep building on this and win more; I've got a full programme coming up and I'm ready for it."

Littler was the stand-out player all weekend. "The Nuke" scored 103, 102, 103 and an incredible 108 points on his way to the final.

However, he needed a few legs against Smith before he checked 140 and 130 to take a 3-2 lead with a break. But the "Bully Boy" didn't give up and got the direct re-break.

What followed was nothing short of world-class as Littler won the next seven legs and broke his opponent's throw four times in the process. 

At 10-3 in favour of the 17-year-old, Smith came back into the match with a re-break. But "The Nuke" was unstoppable and secured the title with another break.

In the end, Littler again threw an average of over 100 (102.21) and confirmed this with a checkout rate of 33.33%.

Smith, like all of Littler's opponents in Amsterdam, was unable to keep up.

Littler's path to the final

Littler's closest match of the weekend was his first round match. He won 6-5 against Ross Smith, partly because his opponent had an incredible double rate of 50%.

This was followed by a 6-4 win against youth hero Raymond van Barneveld, a 10-7 win against Chris Dobey and an 11-4 win against Michael van Gerwen on the final day.

With his average of 107.95, he didn't even give Van Gerwen even the slightest chance in the semi-finals.