Luke Littler has credited his family and girlfriend Faith Millar for helping him through what he described as 'one of the toughest tests' after winning the Premier League for a second time. The 19-year-old beat Luke Humphries 11-10 in a deciding leg on Thursday night, breaking down in tears as he secured the title and £350,000 prize money.
Littler's campaign was marred by booing from crowds following an incident with Gian van Veen in Manchester, which took its toll over the 17-week tournament. In an emotional on-stage interview, he revealed he had told Millar he wanted to quit. 'After Brighton and the incident in Manchester, I was sat at home saying to Faith: "I don't want to do it anymore, just the crowd every week." I said to her: "I'm down bad,"' he said.
On Instagram, Littler wrote: 'This Premier League has been one of the toughest tests for me and wouldn't have this without everyone by my side. Can't thank you all enough for that. We did it.' In a separate video, he added: 'A lot of emotions there, but I'm just so happy with the win, the family being there week in, week out... Time to celebrate.'
Millar shared a video of Littler's entourage celebrating in a hotel bar, and a photo of them kissing before he went on stage, captioning it: 'So proud of you always and forever. I love you so, so much.' Littler's victory sees him join Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson as multiple winners of the competition, having averaged 111.67 and thrown 12 maximums in the final.
