Darts today: Day 15 World Championship semi-finals order of play including Luke Littler
Darts today: Day 15 World Championship semi-finals order of play including Luke Littler
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Luke Littler is one game away from the World Darts Championship final with Stephen Bunting eyeing a major upset. The teenager took care of Nathan Aspinall in his last-eight clash on New Year's Day and will now face the man who ended Peter Wright's ambitions. Wright, a two-time champion, had dumped out Luke Humphries and was vocal about how he could compete with the top players.
Bunting took care of him though and now faces an even tougher task against Littler - last year's beaten finalist. The 17-year-old admits there will be an expectation for him to get the job done, which is something he didn't have to deal with last year.
He said: "Obviously Michael (van Gerwen) has been there numerous times, Chris is in his first, I'm in my second, and I know Bunting I think is in his first or second, so it's going to be a good night. I felt the best I have in this tournament so far, so hopefully I can regroup and come back again and it can be the same feeling.
"We all know the expectation and it's very different from last year, but tonight I felt the greatest and hopefully I can regroup and feel like I did on that stage tomorrow (Thursday).". Van Gerwen will begin the night's event and takes on Chris Dobey - having described his comments as "nonsense". Dobey claimed it would be a "bit easier" playing Van Gerwen in the last four rather than Callan Rydz, who is from the same town as him in Bedlington.
