World Darts Champion Luke Littler is currently on holiday in the Spanish province of Alicante as he continues celebrating his triumph over Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace
Luke Littler has jetted off to Spain as he continues to celebrate his PDC World Darts Championship win.
Littler beat three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final to become the youngest winner in tournament history at the age of just 17. He also banked £500,000 in prize money and appears to have already spent some of that on a holiday.
Littler is currently in the Spanish province of Alicante and shared a clip on Instagram of him walking along the Playa de Albir beach. The teenager has also revealed he plans to spend some of his winnings on a car once he gets his licence.
“I’ve always loved a Mercedes A-Class – just a small car,” Littler said after his win over Van Gerwen. “Last year I was looking at driving and I loved the Ford Focus, but now I’ve gone up in the world just a little!
“I haven’t had driving lessons yet because it’s been so hectic, but I’m going to have to do it before I get into my twenties when it’ll be too late and I can’t be bothered. If I get a car, it won’t be a birthday present from anyone. I think it would have to be a birthday present from me to me.”
Littler will be back in action at the Bahrain Masters later this month, having won the tournament last year by beating Van Gerwen in the final. He will also be hoping to retain his Premier League crown when that gets underway in February.
The teenager beat Luke Humphries to win the tournament last year and the pair are among the eight players competing for the trophy again this year. Van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Stephen Bunting, Gerwyn Price, Chris Dobey and Nathan Aspinall will also be in action.
Former world champions Michael Smith and Peter Wright have been dropped from the line-up after competing last year, while World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker has been left fuming at his omission.
De Decker is the first reigning Grand Prix champion not to be selected for the Premier League and has hit out at the PDC. “My first feeling immediately after the announcement was one of disbelief,” he told Nieuwsblad.
“The past 20 years, the Grand Prix winner was there every time. I clean up that game there, but I am skipped. That is sour. Of course, I can’t change anything about it, the PDC is boss. But I think their decision, to be honest, is a bit scandalous.”
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