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luke littler has revealed that his life could have taken a different path had he not undergone corrective eye surgery when he was a child.
sent to littler Warrington As a youngster he went to the hospital to repair strabismus, a condition commonly known as crossed eye, where the eyes do not align.
It was an operation that his parents wanted and it paid off as the teenager now has triple-20 vision and is the best darts player in the world.
Asked if things could have been different, he said: “Well, who knows? It’s one of those things, obviously, it had to be sorted out. My mum and dad wanted it sorted out.
“But obviously, when I was younger, I didn’t really care. But you look at it now, it was a cool thing to do at the time, but I don’t have memories of it now. But obviously it had to be done. And it happened.
“I think that was the last time I was there. So, it got sorted out when I was four or five years old.
“Obviously, eyesight is really important. I don’t have much memory of that incident. There are pictures that my family put up. I was very tired at the time, obviously resting. But yes, we are all good now.”
When the tournament restarted, Littler tried again to retain the historic World Championship title he won in January. Alexandra Palace On Saturday.
With England dead and buried in ashes and Premier League With football scattered throughout the holidays, Littler says the Ally Pally Bonanza remains the number one sporting event of Christmas.
“I mean, just tune in,” he said. “Obviously, the game has progressed a lot. And obviously, there’s Christmas darts.
“There’s football going on too. But all I can see is that Christmas is for darts. And yes, if nobody’s watching it at the moment, you should turn it on after Christmas.”