LUKE ‘The Nuke’ Littler enters the action in the German Darts Championship today.

The Warrington 17-year-old is one of the 16 seeded players who take on yesterday’s first-round winners in two sessions today, before Sunday sees the destiny of the title decided in Hildesheim.

Littler’s opponent in the final game of tonight’s session will be Dylan Slevin, who held off Steve Beaton's fightback from 3-0 down to claim a 6-4 win over the veteran star.

"Steve is a legend and I was privileged to play him on his final Euro Tour [appearance]," said Slevin.

"Luke's a serious talent. Getting to the final of the World Championship is a huge accomplishment but if I can play a small bit better maybe I'll get over the line, and I'll enjoy it."

If Littler progresses, he will play Stephen Bunting or Peter Wright in the next round.

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2024 NEO.bet German Darts Championship results:

Friday August 30:

First Round:

Afternoon Session:

Nick Kenny 6-3 Jelle Klaasen

Robert Owen 6-3 Krzysztof Kciuk

Mickey Mansell 6-2 Matthias Ehlers

Andrew Gilding 6-4 Johan Engstrom

Dylan Slevin 6-4 Steve Beaton

Stephen Burton 6-4 Boris Krcmar

Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Dragutin Horvat

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Brendan Dolan

Evening Session:

Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Luke Woodhouse

Max Hopp 6-2 Jose De Sousa

James Wade 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven

Dom Taylor 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld

Peter Wright 6-4 Niko Springer

Jonny Clayton 6-5 Martin Lukeman

Simon Whitlock 6-4 Callan Rydz

Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Fixtures:

Saturday August 31:

Second Round, best of 11 legs:

Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST):

Gian van Veen v Robert Owen

Ryan Joyce v Andrew Gilding

Daryl Gurney v Stephen Burton

Chris Dobey v Mickey Mansell

Ross Smith v Nick Kenny

Danny Noppert v Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ryan Searle v Jonny Clayton

Damon Heta v Ritchie Edhouse

Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST):

Dave Chisnall v Dom Taylor

Joe Cullen v Max Hopp

Gerwyn Price v Krzysztof Ratajski

Michael van Gerwen v James Wade

Martin Schindler v Mensur Suljovic

Ricardo Pietreczko v Simon Whitlock

Stephen Bunting v Peter Wright

Luke Littler v Dylan Slevin – 9.30pm