Overview

• Littler planted a kiss on 19-year-old Faith Millar during his walk-on at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, ending months of speculation about their relationship
• The 18-year-old then held off Andrew Gilding to win the quarter-final 16-14
• He established a new tournament benchmark by hitting 18 maximum scores (180s) in the match
• The victory marks Littler’s debut in the World Matchplay semi-finals
• He will face world No. 17 Josh Rock in the semi-final later this weekend