Littler breaks silence after major clean sweep dream ends in Amsterdam

LUKE LITTLER admits he’s “gutted” that his PDC major clean sweep dream bid is over.

The World No.1 went down 10-4 to Jonny Clayton in the quarter-finals of the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam on Sunday.

It was The Nuke’s first defeat in a TV major for 335 days, since losing to James Wade in the European Championship on October 25, 2025.

That meant his quest to win all the majors in one year came crashing down.

Littler had won the World Championship, Masters, UK Open, Premier League and World Matchplay.

He said on social media: “Gutted the run is over but proud it was even on in the first place. Thought I could do it but was always gonna be tough.

“Fair play Jonny and congrats to Ross for the title.”

Littler’s defeat means he’s likely to slash his commitments with events over the next couple of months - and could choose to ditch ELEVEN tournaments.

If the clean sweep had remained on he would have needed to qualify for the Players Championship Finals in late November. That would have meant playing in all the ProTour events to try and qualify.

But now that is not a necessity or any of the Euro Tour events either.

He is now likely to skip all six remaining ProTours and the Players Championship Finals. The Nuke probably won’t go to the Swiss Darts Trophy (Oct 9) or Dutch Darts Championship (Oct 16) either.

That means he will just compete in the World Grand Prix in Leicester which starts on September 28, Grand Slam on November 15 and then World Championship which starts on December 11.

Littler is eligible to play in the World Youth Championship, which he opted to last year, but he will need to make a decision on whether he competes in the qualifier on October 5.

Former world champ Glen Durrant admits it was the “impossible” task.

He said: “It turned out to be the impossible task to go through the whole season winning every title.

“He almost gave us the answer on that stage when he said there’s never any problem with his scoring.

“But if the Achilles heel is ever there and someone’s got to take the opportunity, it’s going to be on the doubles. That proved to be the case.”

Words: Phil Lanning