Backing Luke Littler to hit 8 or more 180s alongside a couple of 100+ checkouts looks worthy of support when he takes on Ian White on Saturday night.

Pre-tournament favourite Littler was a bit slow out the blocks to start with against Ryan Meikle before turbo-charging his way to victory.

In fact, ‘The Nuke’ landed no fewer than 10 180s when seeing off Meikle, coming agonisingly close to a 9-dart finish in the process. The teenage tornado has now tallied a PDC-high 810 maximums across 2024. Thus, a minimum of 8 180s should be within range against White. Littler landed exactly 8 maximums against Matt Campbell at this stage last year and he then went 1 better against Raymond van Barneveld over the same format.

In his aforementioned victory over Campbell 12 months ago, Littler also delivered multiple 100+ checkouts. He took out a roof-raising 164 and also checked out on 130. It’s also worth noting that Littler finished on 100 when getting the better of Meikle in round 2. On top of all that, Littler hit a 100+ finish in 6 of his 7 victories on his way to lifting the Grand Slam of Darts last month.