Aggressive Luke Littler says he’s ruthless and not a nice person.
The teenage sensation is adamant he has to show a feisty side as he chases darts glory. Off the stage, Littler is the humble kid who has exploded the sport.
But on the oche, the 17-year-old is prepared to snap and snarl and show an ugly side to his character. Littler let rip at times against Ian White on Saturday night and said: “I am not a nice person at times on the board. I don’t think anyone else is. But it’s always good to have that a bit of aggression.
“It’s good for myself to show that I can be ruthless. Ian has been around for many years. He played my granddad. But for myself, it’s good to be ruthless, especially on that last dart as many people do see.”
Littler also has a fun side as he showed a couple of times as he interacted with the buoyant Ally Pally crowd. He waved his arms and joined in as the punters sang for his opponent at one stage before immediately smacking a 180 to silence the tune.
Littler also had an amusing nod at them when he was sarcastically booed for not attempting a bullseye at one point in the match.
He said: “I try to gee myself up. Obviously in the first game I just wanted to focus on the darts, not focus on the fans. Obviously when you are on a nine twice, near enough they are always going to get involved. But that first game was all focus. I had a bit of fun.”