Overview
- Littler whitewashed Mensur Suljovic 4-0, losing just three legs and producing nine 180s in his best Ally Pally display to date.
- Littler will face Damon Heta or Rob Cross in the fourth round, with the last‑16 tie set for Monday night on Sky Sports.
- His 107.09 three‑dart average was the tournament’s second highest so far and he remains unbeaten in sets through three matches.
- Stephen Bunting, the No. 4 seed, was eliminated 4-3 by James Hurrell as part of a spate of shocks that has thinned the seeded field.
- The expanded 128‑player championship carries a record £5m purse with £1m to the winner, adding heft to Littler’s title defense as world No. 1.