Littler withdraws from Players Championship events after clean sweep hopes dashed

Luke Littler has withdrawn from two Players Championship events in the Netherlands less than 24 hours after his bid for a PDC majors title clean sweep was dashed.

World No 1 Littler was dumped out of the World Series of Darts Finals at the quarter-final stage by a 10-4 defeat to Jonny Clayton on Sunday, ending his run of winning the first six premier events of the season.