Why has Luke Littler withdrawn from the Hungarian Darts Trophy?

LUKE LITTLER has enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom after coming runner-up at the World Darts Championship at the start of the year.

The teenage sensation has claimed nine titles since – most notably claiming the Premier League Darts trophy in his maiden season.

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Littler looks dead set on surpassing a whopping £1million in prize money by the end of the year.

Some huge events are still to come, with the Hungarian Darts Trophy up next in the frantic darts calendar.

But Littler will not be competing in Budapest – SunSport has the reason why.

Why has Luke Littler withdrawn from the Hungarian Darts Trophy?

Luke Littler was set to compete in the 11th European Tour event this week in Budapest.

But on Thursday, when the PDC revealed the draw for the opening two rounds of the Hungarian Darts Trophy, the teenage sensation’s name was absent.

This is because Littler decided to take the weekend off and stay away from the Oche with many events coming up in a hectic calendar.

In the last week, the 17-year-old has played in three tournaments – and he took home the trophy in two.

Littler won the World Series Finals in his maiden year and also claimed the Players Championship 20 title in Wigan on Tuesday.

After pulling out of the Hungarian Darts Trophy, the Premier League Darts champ is set to return to action at Players Championship 22 in Leicester next week.

Who is playing at the Hungarian Darts Trophy?

Here are all the players taking part in Budapest:

Seeded Players
Dave Chisnall
Ross Smith
Luke Humphries
Gerwyn Price
Danny Noppert
Josh Rock
Stephen Bunting
Damon Heta
Ryan Searle
Martin Schindler
Rob Cross
Gian van Veen
Chris Dobey
Daryl Gurney
Michael van Gerwen
Ricardo Pietreczko

Pre Qualified Players
Alan Soutar
Jonny Clayton
Michael Smith
Raymond van Barneveld
Peter Wright
Krzysztof Ratajski
Ritchie Edhouse
Brendan Dolan
Luke Woodhouse
James Wade
Andrew Gilding
Joe Cullen
Callan Rydz
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Nathan Aspinall

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Martin Lukeman
Darren Beveridge
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gabriel Clemens
Wessel Nijman
Lukas Wenig
Scott Williams
Keane Barry
Florian Hempel
Jim Williams
Alan Soutar
Niels Zonneveld

Host Nation Qualifiers
Janos Vegso
Alberto Mario Bezijan
Gyorgy Jehirszki
Andras Csoda

East Europe Qualifier
Sebastian Bialecki

Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
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