Is it fair for a teenager, even one of such talent, to live with the hype and the pressure?
The hype machine was in overdrive through much of Saturday on Sky Sports. In one corner, there was the box office heavyweight title fight from the land of sportswashing while, in the other, came the near-constant build-up toNo contest, really.
Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards: ‘The greatest collection of women in Irish sport in one place ever assembled’ The anticipated arrival of Littler, the pre-tournament favourite, had been milked by Sky Sports for days if not weeks. In the hours before his match with Meikle, the build-up became one of overload.
Commentators Mark Webster and Dan Dawson were besides themselves ahead of Littler’s long-awaited return to the Ally Pally – having earlier in the week collected the BBC’s Young Sportsperson of the Year awards – with Webster describing to presenter Emma Paton his climb to the top of game inside 12 months as being “off the charts. He’s the biggest star in the sport.”An eleven darter, a ten darter and an eleven darter from Luke Littler as he averages 140.91 in the final set to beat Ryan Meikle.
Yet, if anything, it was that post-match one-on-one between Littler and Davies that posed the real questions. It took 15 seconds for him to well up in emotion. The interview that wasn’t was all over in 52 seconds as Littler’s own words deserted him and the occasion got to him.
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