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‘Real fears’ Luke Littler could walk away from darts after crowd run-ins

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Darts fans have been warned Luke Littler could soon retire from the sport over hostile crowd behaviour. The world No.1 was subjected to jeers at the World Series of Darts Finals at the weekend. Darts fans have been warned Littler could walk away from the sport over crowd behaviour Getty Littler was targeted during his first round match against home favourite Danny Noppert in Amsterdam. Meanwhile, his last 16 meeting with Nathan Aspinall had to be paused by the referee in a bid to get the crowd under control. Similar hostility was also on display in Littler’s quarter-final loss to Jonny Clayton on Sunday. The 19-year-old has since hinted he could snub future events in the Netherlands as a result. Littler has previously chosen not to play in Germany outside of PDC major events, with crowd behaviour a contributing factor. Littler warning Samuel Gill, the editor of Dartnews.com, has now warned the issues could see Littler walk away from the sport completely. Speaking to BBC Sport, Gill adm