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src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/4/590x/secondary/Luke-Littler-5784103.jpg?r=1732400718169" class="zoomEnabled" data-img="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/4/1200x712/secondary/Luke-Littler-5784103.jpg?r=1732400718169" alt="Luke Littler" title="Luke Littler" width="590" height="350"></picture></p><span class="newsCaption">Luke Littler beat Danny Noppert 9-3 in Minehead. <span class="caption">(Image: ITV4)</span><span class="magnifier" data-img="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/4/1200x712/secondary/Luke-Littler-5784103.jpg?r=1732400718169"></span></span></div><div class="text-description"><p><a data-link-tracking="InArticle|Link" title="Luke Littler" href="/latest/luke-littler">Luke Littler</a> found himself ironically jeered by the crowd after failing to hit a nine-dart leg at the Players Championship Finals. The teenager was again in superb form in his second-round match, hammering Danny Noppert 10-3 to set up a clash with Mike De Decker tomorrow.</p><p>But twice against the Dutchman, he started a leg with six perfect darts, only to go astray with the seventh.</p><div id="ad-vip-article"><div id="div-gpt-ad-vip"></div></div><div id="mantis-recommender-top-placeholder"></div><p>On both occasions, he still took the leg, was visibly annoyed with himself amid groans from the fans.</p><div id="ovp-primis"> <script>const loadOvpScript=()=>{let 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