Darts sensation Luke Littler has broken yet another record with his quarter-final against Brendan Dolan the most-viewed in the history of the World Darts Championship. Littler has shot to stardom over the last few weeks at Alexandra Palace, with the 16-year-old stunning the sporting world with a fairy tale run at the WDC title that has taken him to the last-four. After beating Northern Ireland's Dolan, and ensuring a staggering £100,000 payday, the Warrington-based teenager is now one win from the showpiece final and a shot at taking five-times as much prize money. Since the start of the competition his rise from anonymity has drawn the attention of a number of famous faces, with the likes of Arsenal duo Aaron Ramsdale and Declan Rice, as well as Tottenham's James Maddison reaching out. But it is not just with other sportspeople that Littler has become immensely popular, with Sky Sports announcing that his clash with Dolan was watched by as many as 1.4million people - a record for the PDC World Darts Championship quarter-finals. Luke Littler has set a number of records at the PDC World Darts Championship in the last month Beaten quarter-finalist Brendan Dolan (right) gave Littler his encouragement after their clash Rob Cross pulled off a miraculous comeback to book his own spot in the last-four at Alexandra Palace Littler will return to the oche on Tuesday evening when he takes on Rob Cross - champion in 2018 - in the grand final. 'I'm in the semi-final on my debut,' he said after beating Dolan on Monday night. 'I'm glad to get here. I've earned it and my performances have been great. It's gone well today. 'I've got a good chance - now I am dreaming. Two games away. Definitely thinking about lifting the title. 'As soon as I hit the winning double I was like two games away and Brendan said "well done, you can go all the way" same as Raymond (Van Barneveld). 'So, a lot of respect for Brendan as well as Ray for saying you can go all the way. Unbelievable.' Cross has had something of a memorable tournament as well, pulling off a stunning comeback to beat Chris Dobey from 4-0 down. Littler became the youngest to ever reach the last-16 in the competition - therefore also setting the same record for quarter- and semi-finals. Prior to the tournament he had only ever played four matches at PDC premier event level - now he is a game away from reaching the final.
