Niels Zonneveld dumps out Luke Littler at Belgian Open

[p]The world number one started strong, powering into a 3-1 lead, but failed to win consecutive legs after that, eventually falling to an [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/darts/littler-l-0URN6Xks/zonneveld-n-MeTrr5Fk/?mid=jZogIecd"]unlikely 6-5 loss.[/a][/p][p]Both players enjoyed high-scoring averages, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/littler-luke/0URN6Xks/"]Littler[/a] hitting 103.2 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zonneveld-niels/MeTrr5Fk/"]Zonneveld[/a] just behind him at 101.58.[/p][p]The result comes as a shock following Littler's impressive opening match on Saturday, where he defeated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krcmar-boris/8dE1sqo4/"]Boris Krcmar[/a] 6-2.[/p][embed guid="536de49d-035a-4f8d-bdd0-bb090a07c933" url="https://x.com/OfficialPDC/status/2035695976367710654" social-type="twitter" /][p]Zonneveld proved too much for the world champion on Sunday morning, though, with the world number 39 hitting a 147 checkout to win the match.[/p]