{"id":20843,"date":"2024-02-19T13:12:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-littler-teenager-suffers-players-championship-3-defeat-to-callan-rydz-in-leicester-darts-news\/19\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:12:06","slug":"luke-littler-teenager-suffers-players-championship-3-defeat-to-callan-rydz-in-leicester-darts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-littler-teenager-suffers-players-championship-3-defeat-to-callan-rydz-in-leicester-darts-news\/19\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Littler: Teenager suffers Players Championship 3 defeat to Callan Rydz in Leicester | Darts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Littler’s hopes of adding to his Players Championship success suffered a blow at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena on Monday with a quarter-final exit to Callan Rydz.<\/p>\n

World Youth champion Littler, who won Players Championship 1 on debut last week, headed into the event having lost to Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals of Premier League <\/a>night three in Glasgow on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The Warrington ace took on Rydz, who produced an astonishing comeback from 5-0 down to defeat Daryl Gurney 6-5, surviving four match darts in the process to set up a last-eight meeting with the 17-year-old.<\/p>\n

‘The Riot’ continued where he left off by surging into a 3-1 lead with Littler appearing visibly frustrated.<\/p>\n

An unconventional 113 in the seventh leg kept Littler in the contest but an 11-darter from Rydz put him on the cusp of victory.<\/p>\n

Littler survived a match dart before landing a haymaker of a 158 finish to make Rydz serve it out, but his opponent duly obliged thanks to another stunning 11-darter to complete a 6-4 win, firing in five 180s and averaging over 103.<\/p>\n

Littler recovered from 5-3 down in his opening match to deny Keane Barry, after the Irishman spurned five match darts in a dramatic last leg.<\/p>\n

He was far from his best against Cameron Menzies as well, with ‘The Nuke’ winning 6-3 despite missing 13 darts at doubles.<\/p>\n

Littler went 2-0 up then 3-2 down, before he reeled off four legs on the spin to close out the win against Scotland’s Menzies.<\/p>\n

He eased into the last 16 after upping his average to 95.25 in a 6-2 success against Dutchman Kevin Doets to set up a mouth-watering encounter against Dirk van Duijvenbode, who saw off Chris Dobey 6-1 to progress.<\/p>\n

However, it was Littler who won through 6-4 thanks to a stunning 145 checkout against ‘Aubergenius’, averaging 101.34 in the process before bowing out to an inspired Rydz.<\/p>\n

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Premier League Darts now heads to the Newcastle’s Utilita Arena next Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Price stars on Night Four as he takes on Michael van Gerwen in a repeat of last year’s final, while Littler faces Peter Wright, Michael Smith goes up against Nathan Aspinall and Rob Cross battles world champion and No 1 Luke Humphries.<\/p>\n

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Fixtures: Night Four, Newcastle’s Utilita Arena, Thursday February 22<\/h2>\n
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Michael Smith vs Nathan Aspinall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Cross vs Luke Humphries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Wright vs Luke Littler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2024 Premier League Darts schedule<\/h2>\n
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Night 4<\/td>\nUtilita Arena, Newcastle<\/td>\nFeb 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 5<\/td>\nWestpoint Exeter<\/td>\nFeb 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 6<\/td>\nThe Brighton Centre<\/td>\nMarch 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 7<\/td>\nMotorpoint Arena, Nottingham<\/td>\nMarch 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 8<\/td>\n3Arena, Dublin<\/td>\nMarch 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 9<\/td>\nSSE Arena, Belfast<\/td>\nMarch 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 10<\/td>\nAO Arena, Manchester<\/td>\nApril 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 11<\/td>\nUtilita Arena, Birmingham<\/td>\nApril 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 12<\/td>\nRotterdam Ahoy<\/td>\nApril 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 13<\/td>\nM&S Bank Arena, Liverpool<\/td>\nApril 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 14<\/td>\nP&J Live, Aberdeen<\/td>\nMay 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 15<\/td>\nFirst Direct Arena, Leeds<\/td>\nMay 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Night 16<\/td>\nUtilita Arena, Sheffield<\/td>\nMay 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Play-Offs<\/td>\nThe O2, London<\/td>\nMay 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Premier League Darts continues on Sky Sports on Thursday with Newcastle the next stop on the 17-week extravaganza all the way through to the Play-Offs at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday May 23. Stream Sky Sports Darts without a contract through NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Luke Littler’s hopes of adding to his Players Championship success suffered a blow at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena on Monday with a quarter-final