Luke Littler suffers surprise defeat in World Youth Championship semi-finals

[p]The two-time world champion was overcome 6-5 by fellow Englishman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/crabtree-cameron/KQt8l5u6/"]Crabtree[/a] at Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan.[/p][p]It marks the second straight year in which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/littler-luke/0URN6Xks/"]Littler[/a] has fallen at the semi-final hurdle after a last-leg decider.[/p][embed guid="f626151e-c74a-4808-9410-ba10b0a3086b" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2107157658889605384?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Littler came through the group stage with three victories before surviving a scare against 16-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cook-lewis/vak7wfgL/"]Lewis Cook[/a] in the round of 64.[/p][p]'The Nuke' picked up wins over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/platt-david/j302w6NF/"]David Fidler[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/self-archie/z93lho2K/"]Archie Self[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leigh-harrison/0fNayGCr/"]Harrison Leigh[/a] to make the final four, where he came unstuck against Crabtree.[/p][p]Crabtree, 23, will play Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schmidt-jan/djlwpSo3/"]Jan Schmidt[/a] in the final, which takes place on Sunday, November 29th in Minehead.[/p]