LUKE LITTLER broke down in his parent's arms at the end of his first win back at Ally Pally.<br /><br />The teen sensation overcame a slow start to beat Ryan Meikle after averaging 140.91 to produce the best set of darts ever seen in the World Darts Championship.<br /><br />But Littler was an emotional mess right after his win and he was unable to complete his post-match interview.<br /><br />He managed only a few words as he tried to fight back the tears, before breaking down and turning away from Sky Sports reporter Abigail Davies.<br /><br />The world number four took some time to compose himself but the interview did not restart.<br /><br />Instead, Littler walked over to his parents Lisa and Anthony Buckley, and buried his face in their arms.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Ally Pally faithful serenaded him with: "There's only one Luke Littler."<br /><br />Littler took a few deep breaths and applauded his adoring fans as he headed to the dressing room, safe in the knowledge he would be returning to the Palace after Christmas.<br /><br />The Nuke will face the winner of Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White and on this,m he will be fancied to go one further than last year by winning the title.<br /><br />Littler got off to a slow start but managed to steal the first set by breaking Meikle's throw in the fifth leg.<br /><br />First, st he hit back-to-back one 180s to set up the chance of a nine-darer but fell short and had to settle for an 11-darter.<br /><br />But he followed that up by repeating his 180 tricks and found the target with his next two darts before his ninth finished millimeters away from double 12.<br /><br />The third leg followed in a similar vein to confirm Littler's progression to the next round.
