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World Darts Championship: Luke Littler 'dreaming' of title as Michael van Gerwen crashes out

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Luke Littler took another step towards an astonishing success as he continued his stunning run at the World Darts Championship with a dominant quarter-final win over Brendan Dolan.

The 16-year-old's hopes of lifting the Sid Waddell trophy received a further boost hours later too, as tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen fell to a shock defeat against Scott Williams.

The Dutchman was never at his best and was made to pay for some

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