Poker-faced Luke Littler reckons he’s able to hide nerves and accepts he’s now being targeted by the game’s elite.The Nuke begins his Premier League campaign against Michael van Gerwen on Thursday night.
Littler is the defending champion and also world champion and his rise in the game brings a raft of expectations and pressures.
Even though he struggled and shed tears after his opening Ally Pally win over Ryan Meikle in December to kickstart his run to glory, the 18-year-old managed to keep it under wraps until the board business was completed.Littler said: “I don’t think us players show that we do feel the pressure.
Looking back at the first round against Ryan, I’ve come off stage and I was saying to my mum and dad: Did I look nervous? They said no, so it doesn’t show that I am nervous.
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