Warrington's Luke 'The Nuke' Littler reaches fourth round of Darts World Championships

Luke Littler struggled to hit top form but still did enough to ease into the last 16 of the World Darts Championship with a 4-1 win over Ian White at Alexandra Palace on Saturday.

The 17-year-old, known as "Luke The Nuke' who is from Warrington, averaged just under 98 for the match.

He told Sky Sports: "It was tough, Ian threw everything at me and I had to stay switched on.

"It was just a case of settling into it. I know what's gone wrong tonight, the doubles, but most importantly, I've won."

Littler almost suffered an early shock when White missed a dart for the first set, before more uncharacteristically loose doubles let the 54-year-old level the match at 1-1.

Littler looked to have stirred when he rounded off a much more impressive third set with a shot at bull, but he gifted White another set dart in the fourth before crucially snatching the set and moving on to complete his victory.

Littler will now face Ryan Joyce in the last 16 after Joyce edged a nail-biting 4-3 win over Ryan Searle.

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The world number 33 is a new opponent for Littler, who has never played against him before.

They will play at Alexandra Palace on Monday 30th December.