Luke Littler has been knocked out of the European Championship at the hands of Andrew Gilding. In a huge first-round shock, the teenager went down 6-4 after failing to recover from a nightmare start.
And frustration appeared to get the better of him in the penultimate leg, with Littler waving to a person in the crowd after missing a chance to level the match.
Littler has arrived in Dortmund as one of the favourites for the title, but was soon up against it after losing the opening leg.
And in the second Gilding, 53, suddenly had the crowd on their feet after throwing consecutive 180’s. His hopes of a nine-darter would scuppered when he then hit triple seven, but he still took the leg with room to spare.
The out-of-sorts then wasted a golden opportunity to break back after being presented with three shots at double top. He missed the board each time, with the former UK Open winner capitalising to take full control.
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