At simply 19, Luke Littler has received virtually each main trophy in darts.
He’s a multi-millionaire with profitable sponsorship offers and his personal TV present.
However has his speedy rise turned some towards him?
This previous weekend {the teenager} was as soon as once more subjected to boos and whistles from sections of the gang as he took to the stage on the World Collection of Darts in Amsterdam.
What’s shocking although is that it got here as ‘The Nuke’ was on a quest to finish a darts clear sweep by changing into the primary participant to win all 10 main televised tournaments in a calendar yr.
Littler instructed afterwards that, if the booing continues, he won’t attend occasions held within the Netherlands.
However Samuel Gill, editor of Dartnews.com, suggests Littler’s future within the sport could possibly be at stake.
“There’s an actual worry that inside a couple of years he’ll simply flip round and stroll away from the game,” Gill advised BBC Sport.
“So, I believe for followers, ‘Do not chunk the hand that feeds you’. If individuals maintain taunting him and don’t desire him to win, he may find yourself simply strolling away and never bothering anymore.”
Amsterdam was the newest match the place Littler has confronted what some may describe as an excessively hostile response from followers.
A vibrant pantomime-style ambiance is a component and parcel of the darts expertise and Dutch and German crowds are amongs essentially the most raucous – however it’s clear Littler believes he has been unfairly focused.
The referee stopped the match throughout his slender win towards Nathan Aspinall within the last-16 on Saturday to warn the hostile crowd about its behaviour, earlier than play resumed.
It adopted Littler additionally being booed throughout his win towards dwelling favorite Danny Noppert on Friday.
{The teenager}’s quarter-final defeat to Jonny Clayton ended Littler’s quest for the clear sweep, however the Warrington native clearly felt followers had been unduly harsh in the direction of him.
Littler has now withdrawn from a sequence of upcoming occasions.
“Simply no level in me travelling, losing my time whereas I am getting booed,” mentioned Littler.