Luke Littler will miss Wednesday’s Players Championship event in Wigan after a traffic jam caused the world number two to miss the registration cut-off.
The PA news agency understands the 18-year-old was stuck in road congestion and did not arrive in time for the strict 11am deadline.
The reigning world champion has already qualified for next month’s finals in Minehead after winning Players Championship 32 earlier this month.
The 2025 PDC ProTour season concludes with a decisive double-header in Wigan this week!
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 29, 2025
Players Championship 33 gets underway from 1300 GMT, with the following matches selected for live streaming on PDCTV!
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Littler appeared to take the setback in stride, sharing a picture from inside the car to his Instagram story alongside the caption “back to bed it is, wonder who they’re going to call up?”
The Robin Park Leisure Centre meeting is the penultimate Players Championship event of the year.
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