Luke Littler has revealed his life could have taken a different path had he not had corrective eye surgery when he was a child.
Littler was sent in to Warrington hospital as a youngster to repair strabismus, a condition commonly known as cross eye, where the eyes do not align.
It was an operation his parents wanted and it has paid dividends as the teenager now has treble-20 vision and is the best darts player in the world.
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Asked if things could have been different, he said: “Well, who knows? It’s one of those things, obviously, it had to be sorted. My mum and dad wanted that sorted.
“But obviously, when I was younger, I didn’t really care. But now you look at it, it was a good thing to get done at the time, but I don’t have memories of it now. But obviously it had to be done. And it got done.
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“I think that’s the last time I was in there. So, like when I was four or five, got it sorted.
“Obviously, eyesight is really important. I don’t have many memories of that happening. There are pictures that my family put on. I was very tired at the time, obviously resting. But yeah, now we’re all good.”
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Littler resumes his tilt at retaining the historic World Championship title he won in January when the tournament resumes at Alexandra Palace on Saturday.
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