LUKE LITTLER has become such a winning machine at 16, that he cannot even remember the last time he lost a darts match.
And when 'Luke the Nuke' puts his amnesia to the test against Brendan Dolan this afternoon, he won't be in any mood to be reminded. how it feels.
Happy Nuke Year: The boy wonder, a 150-1 outsider pre-tournament, is now 7-2 second favourite to win the Paddy Power PDC World Championship, behind Michael van Gerwen.
Happy Nuke Year: Littler's 4-1 win against Raymond van Barneveld (top right), to become the competition's youngest-ever quarter-finalist, was not just a dazzling statement of a teenager's precocious talent. It was the legalised mugging of a grandfather.
Happy Nuke Year: Northern Ireland underdog Dolan has dumped out two former world champions, Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson, on his own fairytale run to the last eight.
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