Newly crowned world champion Luke Littler starts his Bahrain Masters title defence with a 6-3 victory against Lourence Ilagan in Sakhir.

Luke Littler claimed victory in his first match since winning the PDC World Darts Championship on Thursday, beating Lourence Ilagan in the opening round of the Bahrain Masters.

Luke Littler, who became the World Darts Champion earlier this month - began his defence of the Bahrain Darts Masters on Thursday night as he took Lourence Ilagan

The crowd on the opening night of the Bahrain Darts Masters was branded 'embarrassing' after hordes of fans left the arena following Luke Littler's victory over Lourence Ilagan. The newly-crowned world champion was made to work hard but eventually secured a 6-3 victory over his Filipino opponent to book his place in the next round.

Luke Littler got his Bahrain Darts Masters defence off to a winning start against Lourence Ilagan to make it into the quarter-finals; Rob Cross suffered a shock defeat to Paolo Nebrida; watch Premier

Luke Littler returns for the first time since being crowned champion of the world this evening for the Bahrain Darts Masters, the opening event of the 2025 World Series of Darts. talkSPORT BET are

Luke Littler has opened up on his decision to change his darts after winning his first match since becoming world champion at the Bahrain Masters on Thursday night. The 17-year-old recently etched his name into the history books with a stunning 7-3 win over Michael van Gerwen.

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