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Luke Littler Shows who’s the boss Bahrain After easily defeating veteran Paul Lin in the first round, he entered the Masters.
It’s not exactly the apprentice who defeats the master. middle East Even though Littler defeated an opponent who was 53 years older than him.
The 19-year-old said the 71-year-old Lim was one of the players he least expected to face at the recent world championships, but he handled it with ease, winning 6-1.
This included an average of 106 and an iconic ‘big fish’ checkout of 170 which set up a quarter-final tie with Gerwyn Price.
Littler doesn’t expect to still be working at age 71.
He said: “No chance! I’ll say it now.”
“Paul is doing really well. He’s been doing really well over the years. He just went to school and I wonder when he’s going to retire? But yeah, he’s still doing really well in the training room as well.
“I think the World Championships will be a different breed. Obviously he’s a fan favorite but it was the same tonight when he scored 1-1 in the first leg but I started kicking and won.”
Littler next faces Price, who defeated him in last year’s semifinals. The Welshman avoided a shock with a 6-3 victory over Japanese dance star Motomu Sakai.
Second seed Luke Humphries produced a strong performance against Abdulla Saeed, beating him 6-0, while World Championship runner-up Gian van Veen defeated Man Lok Leung 6-2.
Michael van Gerwen Defeated Alexis Toiro, Nathan Aspinall defeated Lawrence Ilagan and defended the title Stephen Bunting Made an easy job for the Azemoto Dragon Star.