Luke Littler defends World Matchplay title after crushing win against Gerwyn Price

Littler sets the tournament’s highest average in 18-9 win Beau Greaves beats Fallon Sherrock to lift women’s title Luke Littler bulldozed his way to a second consecutive World Matchplay title as he crushed Gerwyn Price 18-9 in Blackpool. The 19-year-old averaged 111.53 in the final, setting an average for the tournament as a whole of 111.04 to break Phil Taylor’s record of 106.31. Littler also broke his own competition record for 180s as he hit 12 in the final to reach 66 for the week, as he…