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Luke Littler is simply a "different animal" and has nan imaginable to go nan champion subordinate successful darts history "if he doesn’t get excessively bored", says rival Peter Wright.
The 17-year-old was nan World Championship runner-up astatine nan commencement of nan twelvemonth and won nan Austrian Open - his 2nd European Tour title - astatine nan weekend.
Littler has now mislaid only 1 of his 14 matches connected nan tour.
Two-time world champion Wright regularly faced Phil Taylor, who is wide regarded arsenic top subordinate of each time, but believes Littler could eclipse him.
“If he wants to do it, he could," nan Scot said. "But we don’t cognize what his scheme is. He could play for different 5 years and opportunity ‘that’s it, I person earned enough’.
"He has shaken up nan sport. You spot him successful nan backmost room and his regular is astir 5 minutes practice. Maybe that's what we are each doing incorrect - practising excessively overmuch and wearing ourselves out.”
Littler’s power has been reflected successful this season’s Premier League.
After 13 weeks of competition, nan English teen tops nan standings going into Thursday's arena successful Aberdeen.
Wright, who is bottommost of nan table, says Littler’s emergence has forced everyone other to up their game.
"In nan first aliases 2nd week, I said to him ‘if you commencement losing, you tin travel to maine for proposal - because you will commencement losing’. But he hasn’t yet,” he added.
"It's what we needed. Michael van Gerwen came connected to nan segment conscionable aft Phil Taylor and raised nan bar, and Littler he is doing nan same.
"It is bully for everyone else, to make america get our fingers retired and believe harder."
