Luke Littler continues scintillating type by thrashing Rob Cross

Luke Littler continued his scorching streak after demolishing Rob Cross within the first spherical of the Gamers Championships Finals.

The 17-year-old gained his third main title of the yr when he was topped Grand Slam of Darts champion final Sunday after every week of scintillating performances.

And it was nonetheless social gathering time at Butlin’s Minehead as he beat former world champion Cross 6-0 in little over quarter-hour.

He was nearly unplayable, averaging a mammoth 112.73, which is the second highest within the event’s historical past.

It’s nonetheless early days in a relentless format, with a number of matches on Saturday and Sunday, however Littler would be the participant to beat on this manner.

Elsewhere, veteran Ian White reeled in an enormous fish as he despatched Michael van Gerwen packing.

No one has gained extra titles than the Dutchman’s seven however he didn’t even make the weekend as White cruised to a 6-1 victory.

The 54-year-old averaged 102 and took out a 170 end – the very best potential checkout on the board.

It leaves Van Gerwen in disaster as defeat condemns him to a calendar yr with out a televised title for simply the second time since 2012.

Gerwyn Worth’s depressing type additionally continued as he was dumped out by Frenchman Thibault Tricole.

Peter Wright, prime seed Chris Dobey and James Wade had been additionally first-round losers on a bumper day’s play.