Luke Littler made it clear that he was yet to commence senseing the effects of burnout after cruising thraw the first round at the Australian Darts Masters. The 17-year-elderly was sshow too mighty for local favourite Rob Modra, breezing to a 6-2 triumph without reassociate getting out of second gear.
Modra could only protect up with Littler in the discdispondering exchanges, with the score deadlocked at 2-2 after four legs. It was not lengthy before Littler’s quality began to shine thraw, shattering his opponent twice as he rattled off the next four legs to safe a dominant triumph.
Over the last scant months, troubles have been elevated that Littler could be at danger of burnout. He is still getting included to the fervent touring schedule and lengthy hours of travelling around the world, but the Premier League champion materializes to be coping equitable fine.
Quizzed on how he was discovering leangs after his triumph over Modra, Littler said: “I’m reassociate enhappinessing carry outing in the World Series, visiting new places and carry outing in front of new crowds.
“I’m equitable happy to drag myself over the line tonight and hopebrimmingy I can better tomorrow. Rob leave outed some transport inant darts at double and it could have gone either way, but thankbrimmingy I took my chances.”
Littler’s regulater, Martin Foulds, previously insisted that he was taking outstanding attfinish of the teenager in a bid to evade wearing him out in spite of his relentless schedule and various media promisements.
Speaking after Littler’s incredible run to the World Darts Championship final, Foulds said: “He’s pretty much in every TV event for the rest of the year without throthriveg another dart. There’s no off-season in darts. You’ve got to travel to these events.
“You don’t equitable time-warp and you’re in Belrapid, Graz, Munich, Rotterdam. It’s unupretainable for any carry outer to travel and carry out all of those events. When you’re carry outing in the Premier League especiassociate, travelling can get its toll on anybody.
“He’s still a teenager, still 17. If he wasn’t carry outing darts he’d be doing an apprenticeship or still be in school, so there are duties of attfinish we have to chase to see after Luke as best as we can.
“The other day he had to come in, do some papertoil, some shirt signings. He’s sat in my encountering room and he’s got two phones on with two branch offent streams of the Players Championship. He’s not at the darts but he’s still watching it. He equitable cherishs the game.”
