BEST PROTOUR FINAL EVER?! | Littler v Searle | Players Championship 1 Final

Is this the greatest ProTour final ever?

Relive the full final as Luke Littler takes on Ryan Searle for glory at PC1 in Wigan!

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Will Luke ller become only the third player to win 100 first crack at a players championship event and the stats gurus tell us only two players have done that before one of them quite predictably is the other one less predictably is Wayne Mardell in 2004 can

That be right Colin is that some kind of mistake misprint that has to be a mistake 180 has to be L but as far as we know Taylor and Mardell the only two players to have won the first they entered so lit looking to join that very illustrious Club well

Illustrious in terms of Taylor yeah is that the one that Wayne won 8 2004 no I’m saying he’s at the one1 as in was that the only oh I see sorry my my apologies oh R please the joke’s gone now 84 65 well this is pressure 180 s though still gets the crack at 76 and now at tops and Ry misses tops dble eight then for Luke ller for a break of throw and a nice casual 13 D leg to take a one- nil lead in this final 128 this is going to be one of those

Sort of matches I think blinking you miss it 100 both players like to get on with it a nice leisurely pace 90 so squandered the advantage of throw after that first leg 97 and now needs a break so the tables are turned really from they were they were at the start of the

Match 140 136 well what a shot this will be 111 no bother that he didn’t hit the double 16 because wasn’t on a finish but throwing now here at double 16 for backto back 13 game shot dly hits in the twinkling of an eye Luke ller has burst

Out of the Trap into a twoleg lead 125 bringing the heat early here Luke the nuke his semi-final performance sub 90 against Alan Sut that was a real dog fight which he got home in by seven legs to six this is a race to eight

137 w 180 he’s a different beast in this final from the one that turned up for the semi-final there’s no shadow of a doubt about that 136 he’s enjoyed a couple of ton plus averages during the day in two of his matches and he’s had a nine D leg so it’s been a

Spectacular start to life on the PDC Pro Tour for the young man game shot wasn’t the way he went but uh still gets the job done 96 well so much space to the left down big treble to leave 330 134 100 possibly start down here I think yeah

126 he’s very quick with his counting on the board he’s starting to look at Finish I think I think you said about that earlier yeah like snooker players look four five six shots ahead during a break yeah liter is looking 69 left four five six darts ahead during a leg of Dart 91

Y which is quite extraordinary most players just throw and work out what they need later 39 double 10 do not miss double 10 not on that visit and Ry s here averaging 108 and getting beat L 123 couple of ticks under 117 couple of maximums in that from Luke ller 81 this

Is exquisite stuff this has been more his level of performance during the day as I mentioned there was an outlier in the semi-final where he really struggled for whatever reason but we still saw flashes of Brilliance in that including a 150 out shot which really turned the tide of the match

92 yeah these are the sort of darts we expect 98 from young Luke ller but Ryan sir won’t go away he keep battling he knows he’s playing well too 134 six darts at this 146 might only need the three close to a second 10 old I thought which would have left

32 106 off the Target that Colin hinted he would to leave tops and so he can close the gap here a leg solitary leg game shot he missed that in the first leg and who knows that one d double top he had in the first egg when ller them

Broke could be the crucial one 113 95 like I say Luke bitler has got that crucial break 140 that does keep him in control it’s going to be Ryan s 100 who’s going to have to keep pushing and pressing to try and get that break back and that’s going to be a very very

Very tough thing to do tough thing to do when the guy you’re trying to break is left 68 after nine darts 123 yeah he needs multiple misses at Double round C here he gets one he’s going to need another three Miss starts at Double 10 to start with

And Luke L missing three at Double 10 is unlikely we haven’t seen it happen today and perhaps again no sir five is the bailout and ller goes too clear again 81 the matter of times Rod seems like he’s just on a comfortable finish after nine

Darts just go to show how good the L 100 and that’s says to Ryan you’ve got to produce something really spectacular on my darts to get The Brak 58 you know 12 or less darts against the throw so is going to need 138 start down magic against the

Darts look at this now 171 now 133 to leave one of his other favorite finishes the big fish8 80 yeah who take it out who indeed he won’t take it out 92 and Ryan s two DTS a double here but every time he’s in this situation he knows he can’t

Afford to miss he has missed and you’ve got to give Ry bit of credit here because he’s hanging on in there in this match he’s not folded like a deck chair has he he’s kept going he’s kept getting back within one to give give himself the chance to

Level and a 94 open from liter and S seizes the opportunity 14 a couple of trebles he’d loved to Maxi but 140 just nudges him in front oh look at this though with the counter 180 when you say about having to take things out 91 the three legs that Ryan S

As one have come in 15 13 and 14 but Luke bl’s four legs are coming 13 13 15 14 91 that is proper world class Championship stuff it is very much 12 for both players well double eight here what a shot that is beautiful 180 followed by 136

Checkout from young Luke L making some of these finishes which are unusual look Common Place yeah the extraordinary look ordinary in many ways luk ller it’s funny Rob we know each game is different 180 you know what this is just a totally different guy isn’t it from the guy that

Played half an hour or so 140 you know was struggling to put Alan Su away could quite conceivably have lost that match yeah yeah he could be back in his hotel room by now and it could be alen Su up here playing Ryan s right Ryan s with a two do combo again

To go out an 11 and keep the heat on liter or keep the fires burning tops again and he’s apart from that first leg his top sitting has been Exquisite Ry yeah proor one 96 first one of the year I don’t think we could be asking for a

Better final than this Rod no it’s it’s perhaps not the final that people thought it would be but you know what if you love your darts and you love entertaining darts this match has been brilliant far 180 one 180 as Ryan s Smashes in a maximum he’s

Got to find a break this could be the leg where he gets a chance 140 all he wants is a chance a dart at a double a couple of darts at a double he could earn them in this leg 81 oh that third Dart tops double

10 65 thir Lloyd is left 119 m oh it may not matter he’s going to get the chance he’s going to get a dart double 13 one Dart 106 a double 13 and not for the first time in this match say he left double 13 for game shot 100 plus

Combination but it doesn’t matter because Luke ller has cleaned that leg up to move even closer 91 and you just feel the Chan has come and gone and maybe liter here will rub it in by breaking s to move to the of Victory r s a d missed in the first leg

To go one up lost his throw the Darkness at 13 there to break and get back level up five all on on such fine margins are these matches decided and on both occasions and s’s chances are getting fewer and fewer and fewer he’s got to find a break and it must

Come in the 12th leg or the 14th there are the only two chances he’s got left 95 and in the meantime he’s got to keep holding his own throw which is by no means a lock double five’s there 12 darts well I’ll tell you what Goin Ryan s here has played

Superbly in chasing the game all the way through all the way through he’s been chasing Ryan s and he’s got onto the coattails of Luke L but hasn’t been able to grab a hold of 123 yeah he’s not letting go he’s just trying to make a grab at L

And he can’t quite get hold of him can he yeah he keeps eluding him 96 and he may well leave Wigan thinking I would have won the title if it hadn’t been for that pesky kid 96 well you know what the way that Luke little is playing here Rod there could

Be a few people leaving certain venues thinking that very same thought oh my word the Bulls I finished to go 75 up so now we’re down to a very simple equation for simple to say very difficult to do he’s got to win three straight legs against liter

177 it would be a hold a break and a hold he’s pushed liter all the way but 140 the teenage tornado is going to blow his way to Victory it looks like here s 99 well anybody D wise who were thinking to the themselves or nonar wise thinking to the

Themselves 97 is this kid really going to be good enough yes yes he is 41 well could he finish as only the great players do with a 170 he can’t calling can he 60 that doesn’t happen very give it time give it time mate I think he will at some point or

Another right he’s left 110 L finish off with a three figure out shot which would be appropriate for the way he’s played today we’ve seen some really fantastic finishes some really big out shots 100 plus out shot 1 15 136 in this matching point of fact so wants 46

Tops double 10 it’s there and Ryan s clings on little seven s six we talked about s needing a break and it had to come before the 14th leg this is the 14th leg and as far as s is concerned this is the final chance for a break he

Has to break now it’s good night nurse what that’s a great start beautiful it Ry can he get the break can he force a decider 39 Sensational stuff because you have to hand it to Ryan s yeah you talk about not throwing in the towel 81 whoever wins this today

Rod absolutely fantastic stuff I’ll applaud him absolutely brilliant entertainment fantastic D play and one the great finals Colin isn’t it oh I think it is R very much so oh look at this he got a break and after nine DTS having to break throw he’s left 60

Against the darts and now he’s going to get two darts and a you think to break and send it into deci tops for Ryan s Ryan s has done what seemed impossible and he’s now got the darts in the decider well that was absolutely staggering he had one chance and one

Chance only left to break the wle room had disappeared he had to do it had to do it then and Ryan Sir with that Sensational leg of darts with a couple of maximums and a 60 checkout has done it but now 180 says I don’t care who’s

Got the darts in the last leg doesn’t make any difference to me who’s throwing first 60 this is edgy SE stuff well I don’t think L we just said I don’t think we could have asked for a better final than this for the for the open and Pro Tour event of the Year

Fabulous stuff Round of Applause to the berry fell Sensational stuff and it’s not over yet 140 well lit has the advantage by Five Points Plus these so it’s going who can get down and out by from about 200 quickest ller loose visit Ryan s loose Dart 41 for both players Nitty Gritty

Now what a shot this will be Rod well 100’s good 100 and he quite fancied a double top there to leave double 10 he wouldn’t have minded that thought this would be a real trump card well he’s he’s disappointed because it puts him at a finishing range disappointed the first

Start was there for Yan and he knows that double top and it is W Delight in the players championship for Luke the nuk ller an explosive afternoon’s action and Luke the nuke has done it after a sensational final against Ryan s and Ryan s would

Not throw in the towel and he kept on battling away took it to a last leg shootout before Luke ller got the job done the most amazing afternoon’s entertainment here