THE BEST UK OPEN MATCH EVER? Littler v Heta | 2024 UK Open

[@Cheximus]

13:25 - watch Heta's left hand. Absolutely fascinating how he lets the next dart roll down his palm, just before he throws. You'd think that'd be offputting but he just does it without even thinking. So cool!

[@lukewlsn2805]

How on earth did you notice that 😅

[@thadonis.]

I just hold them by the points like Anderson. Easiest way to pick up next dart and they are closer to pick up. imo. And no rolling required. :D

[@Cheximus]

@@lukewlsn2805 Have absolutely no idea lol.

[@martinkerrmusic]

All the players do that

[@gaylordtv561]

luke does it aswell?

[@marabaggbast]

The first 7-8 legs were insane

[@anttitakala375]

Yes but after little dropped

[@KeithHerbert-gc7kk]

😊p ​@@anttitakala375

[@lavabucketm8665]

Absolutely astonishing

[@GuyClair]

😊l​@@anttitakala375

[@yusufluhar5881]

Shouldnt be a question mark in the title. It is the best UK open match ever.

[@niklasaeilkema615]

That's recency bias imo. There have been great UK Open matches, but this is certainly one of the best

[@jonahehlers1673]

barney- wright

[@smashyrashy]

​@@niklasaeilkema615name one match that was better

[@maximilianbauer5958]

Barney Wright 2017

[@BradleyCoopertest]

@@maximilianbauer5958Nice googling. But no!

[@robertrice9466]

I wasn’t planning on watching this whole video, but you couldn’t take your eyes off it. What a game 🎯❤️

[@glenmiles6279]

Couldn’t believe what i was watching😳out of this world darts. Luke littler is simply a fantastic player,but well done Heta,you raised your game for the occasion.👏👏👏👏👏

[@reggiebishop5398]

Little Luke did some growing up there. It's a different world amongst the hungry. The guys fighting for top 10 are gonna test you in every way

[@trew1061]

Didn’t you see the end of the match? Seems he still has some growing up to do

[@dilloncharles8126]

​@@trew1061remember he is 17 is like any other player even when it comes to computer games every one in this world is a sore loser

[@AntmanStrengthFitness]

After seeing the pace and performance of this match, you can understand why most people hated the final

[@jasonjones3638]

Biggest anti-climax, both of them do nothing for me and I didn't watch it lol, after not taking my eys of it from the start.

[@tommydaniel3206]

brilliant darts from both players what a match

[@ThroBro]

Love the crowd reaction after Luke's outburst. "Yes Luke despite your excellence you're still just a lad without the poise of the legends" not yet ;)

[@leewoods4605]

What are you on about? The biggest legend of the game, Phil Taylor, would have outbursts at times.

[@geotj58]

Silly comment

[@oregontrail9067]

felt like littler is a bit salty in the end hahaha

[@phrozen755]

yeah that no turn around for heta was classless.

[@TheMattB81]

@@phrozen755 He was clearly gutted and took a minute to compose himself. After this, he shook his hand and hugged his opponent. Nothing wrong with that tbf for a 17 year old.

[@MK-hp8zr]

He's a good player. But I enjoy seeing his youth get humbled by the experienced.

[@phrozen755]

@@TheMattB81 that’s totally fair - lots of emotions there for that young kid, in time I’m sure he’ll be better with that.

[@brinbran2255]

​@@MK-hp8zr says a lot about you

[@duncankiragu8355]

I love that Luke didn't give up! Almost turned the game on its head!

[@UniqueLeatherWorking]

Best match I have ever seen and I was around when Bristow was still playing.

[@eamonwilkinson2333]

Taylor v Lewis GSOD 2013 ? In fact Littler V Searle on the pro tour final a few weeks ago had higher averages than this

[@UniqueLeatherWorking]

Never said best averages just said best match. @@eamonwilkinson2333

[@peteglobe23]

I was around when Bristol STARTED playing ,, this was a fantastic battle 👍

[@philiphughes4117]

Simply fantastic darts guys . Well played the pair of you.

[@WilliamCooper-wd3dc]

Imagine this at the ally pally 😮😮

[@IainG81]

This was outstanding darts from both competitors. The number of 180's were sensational.

[@sharoncroker7416]

An amazing game to watch. I started watching and couldn't stop.

[@myunderstanding99]

Intense battle, great performances by both

[@wrighty338]

These two were up for it, probably the highest averages game iv watched

[@tccandler]

The delayed handshake is so disrespectful. Turn around. Take your medicine. Show some class.

[@stephenroberts7104]

I so agree, Luke needs to accept he can’t win every match, he is class so so show class

[@atlinsnooker]

Agreed. But don't forget, the kid is only 17. Still lots to learn, and managing his temper and attitude is among those.

[@Aden068]

Why are you so obsessed with Luke you are weird

[@screambmachine]

are there detailed stats anywhere? like lege by leg avg, trebless visits etc

[@phuonggthaolonely]

you can check livescore(scoreboard)or sofascore

[@HeavyProfessor]

He has perfected the Australian look

[@darylcrandell682]

Looks like Ivan Millat 😅😅

[@lestfos7316]

Looks like Hank from me myself and Irene

[@earlyboost3044]

It reminds me on all the amazing matches we have seen from all the great players on there top level. This is why we love darts ! Amazing 👌

[@daveblevins3322]

That was brilliant 💥💥👏 Congratulations Damon 🎉

[@szysz9972]

what darts is Luke Littler using in the video?

[@BackOfTheNeto-7]

I remember watching this and thinking, wow we are seeing one hell of a game. Heta turned up the heat well and truly and needed to to beat Luke

[@edwardvisser408]

Why is it so quiete?

[@lawrencebell8715]

Holy cow, what a fight that was in the beginning. if that pace held up someone was going to have a heart attack😂

[@LouKila-zl4kf]

A display of accuracy at its best .

[@freeky909]

NEVER KEEP YOUR BACK TO YOUR WINNER, ALWAYS FACE THEM AND SMILE COZ THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO WHEN YOU BEAT THEM

[@Glenn-F-Rice]

Good philosophy. I had to stop at 8:17 and watch a video on how the boards are made. They are beating the same spot to pieces

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

Darts must be breaking the sound barrier I hear them hit the board before they get there.

[@tomgreene1843]

remarkable skill fellas ...from a non darts player ...began watching a bit after Luke!

[@trashmonzter]

Yes, it was!

[@stewartburdett4324]

what a brilliant match , shows Damon just how brilliant he can be ,just needs to believe.

[@stewartburdett4324]

Also what a brilliant calling of the match also.

[@JasthenNavarro]

Goodluck Idols,may the best man win😍

[@VampiricAtom3]

This game was absolutely insane!

[@joelrobinson5179]

This is stunning averages. I would like to pick both gentlemen on my five man team to play the cash comp again at Phil Taylor's Pub . Won once would love to win it again. Respect 🙏 to grate talent.

[@Michelle-tr5sq]

How do they do this. Precision absolute 😮. I remember when darts players drank a pint. Smoked a ciggy. Pub game turned commercial 😢

[@martindoyle1802]

Unreal darts credit to both players

[@BricktopsPigs]

Every time i watch this i stilll expect those last 2 darts from luke at d10 to go in

[@lucadibernardo2230]

track end match???

[@MrPhenomenomenom]

the quality of darts nowadays is just astonishing

[@BennyCharles-b7c]

Best game I have seen in years ❤

[@paulchinn5981]

Well that was an awesome match guys. One of the best i ever watched for sure. To bad someone had to lose.

[@JasthenNavarro]

The best marathon fight ever!😍

[@Disciple4man]

Question - if someone needs "20" to finish, why do they shoot for the smaller D10 target, opposed to shooting for just the larger 20 target?

[@TheRainyZone]

Because you can only finish the Game with a Double. 40 = D20 20 = D10 10 = D5 5 = 1+ D2 etc..

[@nzmarco]

Heta has worked on his throw. He's a bit quicker between darts now.

[@CRHVTH]

The kid needed humbling good job Damo

[@TescoRoadman]

Shame heta got trounced by van de burger in the next round 😂😂

[@CRHVTH]

@@TescoRoadman yeah I thought he was gonna win the whole tournament

[@ivanpuz3907]

Heta got humbled the next round

[@thadonis.]

Then Heta called Dawson a douche in his interview just like he did in his players champs interview. 👏👏

[@yusufluhar5881]

Just some good banter between mates

[@JohnSmith-cs7jg]

I’m betting everyone will turn on littler very soon if they haven’t started already.

[@RAT_Z1]

nice, turn on him for a momentary lapse of judgment that we can only judge from a limited angle on tv. good call!!!!!

[@themarketm8382]

If you averaged 107 and missed darts to have a hold of through to go through just a leg before you'd be miffed as well. Other players have won majors, have won titles, have won opens, Littler has yet to win a title aside from the Bahrain one. At 17, with all that pressure on you and you fall short playing the best darts of your life, of course you'll be upset. There's a massive difference between what Littler done, despite shaking hands seconds after PDC cut the video, and what Dimi did in the final when everyone did turn against him

[@Tomi611]

@@themarketm8382 Yes littler behavse as an asshole for 7-8 games straight and Dimi just take her time. Big difference.Clearly Littler is an arrogant aggresive kid inside.

[@darylcrandell682]

The water the crowd reacted when he missed T19 & gestured to throw the last dart on the floor, was a lot of boos.

[@ASMRMARY-]

Very interesting 😊

[@inusbosman]

We are still rooting for you Luke

[@Tomi611]

Lol no

[@jello1977]

Speak for yourself LOL. Appreciate his talent but frankly he doesn't rate in any of my favourites.

[@technojoe4079]

@@jello1977 Same here. He needs to calm down that bad attitude that keeps showing progressively over the last 3 weeks.

[@UNDENIABLYHUNGRY]

Very deserving victory.

[@hollandp9606]

And Luke is just 17! Don’t burn out Luke.

[@MJG822]

The universe won’t even last 300 trillion years, let alone littler

[@ld6786]

Why has the crowd been silenced?

[@InternationalDonDadda]

I really feel like Littler throwing slower would do him well. It seems he can't collect collect himself and calm the fire. The guy is amazing, but he's somewhat angry inside.

[@iameam]

a bit of a delay from luke in the final handshake, not time to read comments, why?

[@NewDartGames-ck6fr]

Wow !! Amazing, and I think I've only hit 180 twice in a match !! lol :)

[@Karl44444]

The best I ever seen 🇨🇦

[@davidenvall3685]

Yes and don’t call me Sherley☝🏽

[@balwinderdosanjh1360]

For me THAT , was the Final ! 👍🍻🇬🇧

[@HardDanceShuffler10]

I would love it, if they would post every match played on a major. Like an archive of darts history moments... :/

[@jamesdavidwyers9110]

The thing that impresses me the most is the super quick mental math everyone is doing. 😳

[@JoshJackson-lq7tj]

You won’t see many better matches than this EVER

[@jeramy576]

Surprised they kept the pouting at the end in the final edit

[@rhonamahino7914]

Nuke is exhausted, look how he drunk plenty of water after heta hits the match dart😁

[@rigsby1970]

Littler showed his childish side at the end......Well done Heta

[@a_l_m_a_z]

そんな簡単に180を出せるものじゃないでしょ…アレンジも凄すぎるよ…

[@theestimator]

got a lot to learn about sportsmanship has young Littler

[@Patrickvdm23]

Best match in years imo

[@charliecooper-ed9gc]

Yeaah, nice aim😲😲✌

[@RAT_Z1]

Lots of grown adults deciding how a 17 year old on the big stage in his first year should act. Tiny lapses of judgment can result in people thinking you're the devil lol. Weirdos

[@Tomi611]

He had 17 years to learn how to behave.Weird maybe you had behaviour problems at this age too?

[@georgebolshakov4854]

@@Tomi611 All had behaviour problems at this age

[@RAT_Z1]

you're acting like he kicked Damon in the head or something@@Tomi611

[@markhitchcock7380]

@@Tomi611 he has had a couple of months to learn how to behave when he loses in a televised darts tournament. And he’s only a teenager. Give him a break…

[@Tomi611]

@@georgebolshakov4854 Not at all. maybe with low IQ sure.

[@LurganGoon91]

This match deserved a better crowd

[@JimDartsacademy]

Amazing match ONLY spoiled by Littlers lack of respect by making Damo wait to shake his hand deliberately at the end...You must be a good winner and a good loser to be a real champion...just saying...

[@sjt275]

During his run in the Worlds Littler was shown world class sportsmanship from Matt Campbell , Barny and Rob Cross he was shown the way to behave but ignored it , and has become a spoilt little brat in my opinion ....can a Gerwyn Price like meltdown be far away ? time will tell !

[@thefrozenfire659]

Dude he is 17 and you expect him to behave like seasoned players? And even older players behave like little kids from time to time. He is still learning to control his emotions on the big stage.

[@knownothingnobody9126]

Wow!!! ❤

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

Luke is no fluke but Heta getting better.

[@lastfewtokes]

The most exciting match of darts I’ve ever seen and the crowd is CRICKETS. Why was the crowd so bad for the UK Open? I mean not one match did they get loud and party!

[@Ribbo]

Prawn sandwich brigade isnt it? It's always a dead crowd there.

[@martinkerrmusic]

They were busy watching the match

[@Mitchell5144]

@@martinkerrmusicYou have to be mute to watch something?

[@Steph756p]

UK open has a civilized crowd. Been this way forever.

[@ashbohgan2022]

Brilliant it was

[@Kee-p2n]

What a game

[@inusbosman]

Luke seriously needs to work on his loosing attitude. Please just congratulate the winner before moving to self reflection

[@bibliopolist]

I hope this game has hashtag #l-eta and not the other way round.

[@mikeupdike]

USA - A day may come when the courage of darts fail, when we forsake our throws and break all bonds of trebelship. But it is not this day.

[@CarolFawcus]

Come on Luke you can do it

[@theveryfirst]

Those poor trebles are taking a hammering on that board.

[@callumcurran6682]

Pros right here😜🤙

[@LukaszRogowiczYamaortodks]

A truly great match. I hope there are as many of them as possible. As for Littler, every time I look at him I think he faked his year of birth. Because he looks twice as old as he is 🤷 And finally, very rude behavior on his part. Whether we win or lose, our opponent deserves respect.

[@grenli6443]

All it was missing was a 9 darter 😮

[@m.metintuncer3103]

Heta bileğinin hakkıyla aldı, tebrikler...

[@reggiebishop5398]

Well in all fairness to Luke Damon treated him like it was a world cup match with all his little antics so I guess Luke was taken aback a bit

[@BannanaBlue]

Bit of a clown aren't you?

[@shanegliddon4498]

Taylor and gerwin best dart players ever more titles etc simply the best

[@matteoairaghi790]

YES

[@themartialartist333]

Why did littler use his load outs in this match?

[@fishyfish06]

Wow……..just wow……….

[@yessanknow302]

Needed a final leg decider to be the best.

[@paulhogan6796]

Littler was disrespectful to Heta when he lost the game

[@Gas_going_up]

Not really Heta did celebrate in his face

[@Timcornetenfonte]

Looks like a Phil Taylor vs Simon Whitlock to me! Next generation is insane

[@lordofhowell7158]

Small tantrum at the end? 😂😂

[@FieldWordsworth-m5n]

Thompson Christopher Rodriguez Carol Martinez Richard

[@CoolCoyote]

yeah nah too many holes in it to be the best, excellent tho

[@stephenroberts7104]

First time I’ve ever disliked Litler, his back turned darts drink before he congratulated him no mate, that isn’t the way you lose disappointed!