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In a whirlwind few months which has seen Luke Littler pocket £220,000 and skyrocket into the nation’s attention at the tender age of just 16, the youngster himself appears to be living so much in the frantic moment that he doesn’t know who Emma Raducanu is… that is despite the British tennis icon having offered him some crucial advice.
Littler, who reached the World Darts Championship final on his Alexandra Palace debut and backed it up with his first senior title in Bahrain, has seen his life turned upside down since December. He has gone from playing in junior tournaments to defeating Michael van Gerwen and practising with the Manchester United squad, becoming a household name in the process.
His run bore a strong resemblance to Raducanu’s sole Grand Slam victory at Flushing Meadows. At 18, Raducanu won the US Open as a qualifier, becoming the first person ever to do so, becoming an overnight sensation though has since gone through peaks and troughs in the following years.
“I didn’t watch the darts,” Raducanu admitted earlier this month. “My friend just sent me a picture of the boy who was like 16, who lost in the final. She was like, ‘I can’t believe this guy’s only 16 years old’.”
Raducanu then offered the following advice: “I would just say: ‘Keep your circle close, take time to actually enjoy it and don’t rush into the next thing straightaway.’”
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It was the same advice that Ronnie O’Sullivan had offered Littler, but with a World Championship to focus on and the subsequent media circus that came with it, Raducanu’s wisdom may have been lost in the herd and the teenager admitted that he is not even aware of who the tennis star is.
