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Luke Littler breezed past a shaky Michael van Gerwen at Manchester's AO Arena to book his place in Thursday evening's semi-finals. 

Just one week ago, the 17-year-old claimed his first Premier League Darts victory and currently sits second in the standings in matchweek 10 of 17. 

Victory against the World No 2 sees Littler set to face his close friend - and the opponent he beat in the final in Belfast - Nathan Aspinall, after his earlier despatching of Rob Cross. 

Littler made the faster start past a wobbly Van Gerwen to claim the first leg, but neither player looked confident in the initial stages. 

But the teenage darts sensation was first to settle, and went on to take the next two legs before the titleholder got his first leg on the board.