Luke Littler was thrashed by Gerwyn Price in the final of the 2024 Australian Darts Masters on Saturday.<br /><br />The 17-year-old had a decent weekend overall, as he beat Rob Modra, Michael Smith, and Dimitri Van den Bergh en route to the final.<br /><br />However, he was then hammered 8-1 by Price, who took home the trophy and the £20,000 top prize - double the amount Littler earned.<br /><br />Littler did not play especially badly in the final and ended it with a 94.24 average. But Price stormed into a 5-0 lead before Littler secured his only leg.<br /><br />Price - known for his exuberance - is one of darts' biggest celebrators but Littler did his best to match the Welshman... even though he had much less to celebrate.<br /><br />Littler won the sixth leg of the final when he followed a 180 with an unusual 44 checkout of single four, double five, and double 15.<br /><br />He reacted to hitting that double 15 by triumphantly raising by of his arms and roaring, before pumping his fists in the direction of the crowd.<br /><br />Price appeared to be amused and was seen smiling and laughing before bumping firsts with Littler.<br /><br />Footage of Littler's big celebration was posted to X (formerly Twitter) by the Professional Darts Corporation.<br /><br />Littler later also shared it via Instagram alongside the message: 'Happy to make the final on my Australian Darts Masters debut, the rest is history.<br /><br />'Congrats to Gezzy and thanks everyone for all the support'.<br /><br />Littler has one million followers on Instagram and his post delivered hundreds of comments, while many fans reacted to his celebration with laughing emojis.<br /><br />One comment read: 'Best attitude in the game'. <br /><br />Another fan replied: 'Class act. Still unreal darts played today mate!! Onto the next one.
