Luke Littler v Krzysztof Ratajski live stream | World Darts Championship 2025/26 Preview
Reigning champion Luke Littler steps up the defence of his World Darts Championship title with a clash against Polish number one Krzysztof Ratajski on New Year’s Day.
Littler is bidding to join Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis as only the fourth player to retain the PDC world title and cap off an extraordinary year of dominance which has seen him add a further five major ranking titles including the UK Open, World Matchplay and Players Championship Finals.
The teenage sensation put down an immediate marker and avoided a huge potential banana skin when he overcame Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas in straight sets on opening night.
The Nuke had a ten-day break between rounds before brushing aside Welsh debutant David Davies in three sets with a 97 average in the Last 64 and going on to whitewash Mensur Suljovic 4-0 with a 107 average.
His first real test came against 2018 World Champion Rob Cross in the Last 16, but the 18-year-old averted the need for a last-set decider by sealing a 4-2 victory with a 106.5 average to take his unbeaten run to 16 matches in major ranking competition.
Ratajski finds himself through to a second PDC World Championship quarter-final, having initially reached this stage behind closed doors in 2020/21.
The former World Master benefitted from the shock early exit of Gerwyn Price by coming through a wide open section of the draw courtesy of wins over Alexis Toylo, Ryan Joyce, Wesley Plaisier and Luke Woodhouse.
The 48-year-old boasts an impressive tournament average of 97 and is out to make history by registering his first-ever win over Littler and dethroning the reigning champion.
The match gets under way from around 7.20pm GMT and will be contested over the best of nine sets, with 20th seed Ryan Searle awaiting the winner in Friday’s semi-finals.
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