Littler beats Greaves to start Grand Slam defence

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- Published Luke Littler started his Grand Slam of Darts title defence with a comfortable win over Beau Greaves on the opening night in Wolverhampton. asserted

Littler → publish → Wolverhampton

The 19-year-old cruised past Greaves with a 5-2 victory, finishing with an average just under 110 and seven 180s. asserted

old → cruise → average

The world number one raced to a 3-0 lead before calmly withstanding Greaves' threat of a fightback in the best-of-nine match. asserted

one → race → match

Littler is unbeaten in 15 Grand Slam matches, and is aiming to become the third player after Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen to win three successive titles. asserted

Littler → aim → titles

"I am happy with the win," Littler told Sky Sports. asserted

Littler → tell → Sports

"I said in my pre-match interview I needed to get off to a strong start because Beau started to find it at the end there. asserted

Beau → say → end

"I think it is what I need. asserted

I → think → what

Obviously the past three or four majors haven't gone well, but I have been practising and I am glad I have shown it." asserted

I → go → it

Last month, Littler was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the European Championship after he was also beaten in the semis at the World Youth Championships. asserted

he → knock → Championships

The expanded tournament sees 48 group stage matches being played across the opening three days. asserted

matches → expand → days

Luke Humphries, who won the World Grand Prix title in October, beat Paolo Nebrida to begin his campaign while fellow Englishman and two-time major winner Ross Smith suffered a shock 5-3 defeat by youngster Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. asserted

Englishman → win → Rodriguez

English debutant Henry Coates, 20, held his own against Van Gerwen but the three-time champion won the deciding leg to clinch a 5-4 win. asserted

champion → hold → win

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