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Luke Littler breezes past home favourite Zoran Lerchbacher with crushing 6-2 Austrian Darts Open victory [Video]

LUKE LITTLER zoomed from victorious panto villain in Liverpool to destroyer of the Austrian Open’s home hero just 24 hours later.

The Manchester United fan followed up his Premier League Darts triumph on Merseyside by beating Graz hurler Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2.

Luke Littler had to rush to Austria ahead of his first-round winCredit: Rex

Not surprisingly, after a 1,130-mile dash across the continent, the Nuke was not quite at his best.

But the 17-year-old took the first two legs easily enough – the first via a bullseye, the second with double 12.

However, Lerchbacher got a leg back against the throw.

And after Littler went 3-1 up, he did the same again to briefly give the contest a nervy edge.

A partisan crowd certainly did their best to roar Lerchbacher on.

But he missed three shots to level at 3-3 – enabling Littler to instead nick back in and go 4-2 up.

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