Luke Littler opponent hits stunning nine-darter but still loses to teen at Players Championship

LUKE LITTLER’S opponent hit a sensational nine-darter but still lost.

The 18-year-old is in action today at the Players Championship 6 in Leicester.

Littler faced Alan Soutar in the first round this afternoon and the Scot lost in agonising fashion.

He hit an incredible nine-darter to go 5-4 up before eventually suffering a 6-5 deciding leg defeat.

The Nuke averaged a whopping 107 in the game against the world No56.

Littler now faces Dom Taylor in round two before a potential clash against Jermaine Wattimena.

Taylor recently hit the headlines after testing positive for drugs and being banned from the World Championships.

But after serving a one-month ban as they were not performance enhancing, Taylor has returned to competitive action.

Soutar was not the only player to have a dream leg this afternoon as Luke Humphries also achieved perfection.

Nine-darters have been coming thick and fast, especially for Cool Hand, after he and Rob Cross got one each last Thursday in night five of the Premier League.

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Additionally, Littler and Gary Anderson had perfect legs in the Players Championship 5 yesterday.

But despite the world champion’s strong performance, he lost to Gian van Veen in the semi-final.

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Joe Cullen eventually went home with trophy, having beaten Humphries and Mike De Decker en route to glory.

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