“I am so glad to win it. I have been taking part in nicely all week. It has been an extended week however it’s paid off,” Littler advised Sky Sports activities.
“This is among the ones I needed to win. My main report is not the perfect however I simply needed to go deep. Clearly, it is even higher now I’ve gained it and it exhibits I am nonetheless right here.”
Littler turns into simply the third participant, after Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen, to common over 100 in each match of a Grand Slam.
He completed with a median of 107.08 – the third highest in a Grand Slam ultimate – and a wide ranging 12 180s and one other 15 140s.
Lukeman, who was the primary qualifier to achieve a Grand Slam ultimate and began the match as a 150-1 shot, couldn’t match Littler’s scoring energy.
In the course of the first 13 legs of Littler’s 15 in a row, Lukeman solely had one dart at a end and that got here on an tried 142 checkout.
The pair embraced on the finish, with Lukeman, who wins £70,000 for ending second, filled with reward for Littler and his influence on the game in his post-match interview.
“He [Littler] is simply totally different gravy. He is good, is not he?” Lukeman stated to Sky Sports activities.
“He is completed nice for the PDC, nice for the game, bringing a great deal of new followers and sponsorships.”
Littler, who was solely 10 months previous when the primary Grand Slam occasion was performed in 2007, took a deep breath earlier than elevating the trophy to the gang.
An enormous smile adopted and a gesture to his household because the darts sensation revelled in his tenth trophy of 2024.
Littler gained all of his matches within the match however has not had all of it his personal manner. He trailed 8-4 within the second spherical to World Grand Prix winner Mike de Decker and was 11-7 and 13-9 down within the first-to-16 semi-final in opposition to Scotland’s Gary Anderson.
He was additionally 15-14 down and a leg away from an exit, however Littler broke Anderson’s throw after which held on to safe his ultimate place.
An look in subsequent weekend’s Gamers Championships ultimate (22-24 November) will conclude Littler’s first cycle as an expert.
He’ll then participate within the World Championships from 15 December, with the draw scheduled to happen on 25 November.
Littler, who completed runner-up on his debut final 12 months, has been put in because the favorite by bookmakers after profitable the Grand Slam.
The previous two winners of the Grand Slam – Michael Smith and Luke Humphries – have gone on to win the World Championships.
