Luke Littler was branded ‘conceited’ by Ricardo Pietreczkoon after he was confronted on stage by his darts rival throughout the Belgian Darts Open.
The 17-year-old gained his first European title on his debut with an 8-7 victory over Rob Cross in an exciting closing – having overcome a tense encounter within the semi-finals.
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His last-four conflict in opposition to German Pietreczko precipitated a stir because the pair have been seen in a heated dialog after Littler had sealed a 7-3 win.
As they shook arms, Pietreczko was seen shouting within the face Littler earlier than making his manner off the stage.
It is not clear what was mentioned however the teenager appeared bewildered by the incident.
Piereczko, 12 years Littler’s senior, later mentioned on social media: “I appreciated him so much which you can play such a recreation at such a younger age however I hope the vanity punishes him.”
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Littler later mentioned of the incident on social media: “No thought what I did mistaken, no thought what he mentioned. He mentioned one thing then don’t do it once more.”
Piereczko would not have been pleased with how the remainder of the night performed out as Littler beat fellow Premier League Darts star Cross 8-7 in an exciting closing in Belgium.
A key second noticed Littler go 6-5 up with one other beautiful nine-darter.
Littler burst onto the scene on the PDC World Darts Championship at Ally Pally in December and January because the then 16-year-old made it right through to the ultimate in what was a fairy story run.
He finally fell brief as he was overwhelmed by Luke Humphries within the closing, nonetheless, Littler’s heroics earned him a spot within the Premier League.
In addition to successful the Belgian Darts Open, Littler won the Bahrain Darts Masters, which noticed him beat three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen.
On his beautiful victory over Cross to win in Belgium, Littler mentioned: “I am simply glad to recover from the road.
“I hit the 9 after which misplaced the subsequent two legs, so I am simply glad to recover from the road. It is all the time good to be concerned in a superb recreation.
“Like Rob mentioned simply then, I convey one of the best out of him and he is grateful for that, so we all the time push ourselves to the final leg.”
