Teenage star Littler advances on World Series bow

Teenage sensation Luke Littler beat Hong Kong's Man Lok Leung 6-3 on his highly anticipated World Series of Darts debut at the Bahrain Masters.

Littler, who turns 17 in three days, was the youngest PDC World Championship finalist earlier in January.

He faces fellow Englishman Nathan Aspinall in the last eight, after the World Matchplay champion edged past the Philippines' Lourence Ilagan 6-5.

The winner of the tournament will collect a top prize of £20,000.

Thursday's first round pits eight players from the PDC circuit against eight players from Asia in best-of-11 leg matches.

More to follow.