Darts “Arrogance”
Deutscher takes on prodigy Littler on stage
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Luke Littler
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Ricardo Pietreczko is in the semi-finals of the Belgian Darts Open. There the German has no chance against Luke Littler. After the game, the two clash. Pietreczko accuses the 17-year-old of playing arrogantly. It’s about their checkout paths.
The darts prodigy has achieved the next tournament victory. On Sunday evening, 17-year-old Luke Littler, who stormed to the final of the World Championship at the beginning of the year, won the Belgian Darts Open. In the final, the Englishman defeated his compatriot and former world champion Rob Cross 8:7 and, to the delight of the fans, threw his third nine-darter this season.
Things had been less cheerful in the semi-finals, into which the currently strongest German had fought his way. After victories over Ryan Joyce and Johnny Clayton, among others, Ricardo Pietreczko had no chance against Littler and lost 3:7.
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The 29-year-old felt disrespected by his opponent. It was obviously about Littler’s sometimes unusual check-out methods. The teenager is known for deviating from the norm at the end of the leg and taking risks. So he tried to check out a 90 with two arrows over double 20 and bullseye against Pietreczko. An unusual path that the German didn’t like at all.
“I have no idea what I did wrong”
He made his displeasure clear with gestures during the game, but especially after the end of the game. During the obligatory handshake on stage, Pietreczko spoke vehemently to Littler. The vice world champion was surprised, gesticulated wildly and suggested that Pietreczko should better leave the stage. After “Pikachu”, the German’s fighting name, left, Littler made another elbow gesture and shouted towards the audience.
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The German apparently didn’t calm down backstage either and later told his 46,000 Instagram followers in a story from the car what he thought of Littler: “So I really appreciated him for being able to play like that at such an age can play,” wrote Pietreczko, “but I hope the arrogance punishes him.”
And Littler? He just said: “I have no idea what I did wrong. He said something to me and then told me not to do it again.”
