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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 became only the third man to successfully defend the Matchplay final after Taylor and Michael van Ge...
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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 became only the third man to successfully defend the Matchplay final after Taylor and Michael van Ge...
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When Luke Littler arrived in Blackpool for the World Matchplay he made one thing clear: the outcome of this tournament would determine how the rest of his 2026 unfolded.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 2 reports from 2 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Luke Littler retains World Matchplay title after crushing win against Gerwyn Price.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — UK and Other.
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