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Luke Littler powered into the last four of the Grand Slam of Darts with a dominant 16-2 win over Jermaine Wattimena.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 17-year-old was in devastating form in Wolverhampton against his Dutch opponent with seven 180s in the opening five legs of the match, and in the second leg was only denied a nine-dart finish by missing double 12.<\/p>\n
Littler will face former world champion Gary Anderson for the first time in Sunday’s semi-finals, after the Scot beat Gian van Veen of the Netherlands 16-14.<\/p>\n
Anderson, 53, trailed 4-2 early on against his 22-year-old opponent but rattled off seven of the next eight legs to take control.<\/p>\n
Van Veen closed the gap to one leg on five occasions, but Anderson dug in and looked strong on his own throw as he reached the semi-finals for the seventh time.<\/p>\n
Littler, who claimed a narrow 10-9 victory over Mike de Decker in the last 16, did not allow Wattimena into the match, setting up opportunities before ruthlessly taking them.<\/p>\n
He had checkouts of 167, 164, 110 and 110 to reach his fourth major semi-final of the year.<\/p>\n
“I felt confident coming in tonight,” Littler told Sky Sports. “I played so well and I’m happy. Fair play to Jermaine but I was too good tonight.”<\/p>\n
Sunday’s other semi-final pits Mickey Mansell of Northern Ireland against Englishman Martin Lukeman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n