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Sky Sports Darts commentator Wayne Mardle admitted that he had to remind himself to speak as he was in awe of Luke Littler’s semi-final performance.

Mardle has been one of the sport’s most iconic voices but the 16-year-old sensation has left him lost for words during his tournament run.

“I have not seen anything like that,” he told PA. “When I was near my pomp, Michael van Gerwen was coming through and I saw him as a 17, 18-year-old and he was incredible, but he was not that good.

“That is just different, it is the World Championship, it is different doing it here. There are people who just can’t play like Luke. He has got the ability, the composure under pressure, the belief.

“He has got everything you need to be a champion. Even though he hasn’t won it yet, all that he has been winning has led to this. He is used to winning.

“I have never seen the like and I am not sure we will again. I am gobsmacked. Doing the commentary, I am sitting there as a fan, I had to remember to talk, I was watching in awe. Spectacular.

“It has to be the greatest story in darts, what else could it be? It supersedes everything.