Who is Luke Littler’s shock opponent tonight?
Littler marks his return to work against a 53-year-old CONSTRUCTION worker.
His name is Bruno Stockli and he is one of four host nation qualifiers competing at this weekend’s European Tour event in Basel.
He reeled in the big fish with a 170 checkout against Northern Ireland in the group stage of the World Cup of Darts back in June.
Read more about Littler v Stockli here.
Raymond van Barneveld produced the performance of Friday’s opening day at the inaugural Swiss Darts Trophy
The Dutch veteran opened his campaign with a triumphant 6-2 success against Brit Joe Cullen.
He reeled off four consecutive legs to win with an impressive 102.47 average.
Last night’s results
Peter Wright suffered an early exit last night, losing 6-4 to Dutch star Richard Veenstra.
While Premier League stars Nathan Aspinall and Michael Smith kicked off their campaign with wins.
Ritchie Edhouse 4-6 Jermaine Wattimena
Anton Ostlund 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-6 James Wade
Joe Cullen 2-6 Raymond van Barneveld
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright 4-6 Richard Veenstra
Marcel Walpen 3-6 Nathan Aspinall
Ian White 5-6 Michael Smith
More on Littler’s opponent
The Wimbledon legend Bruno Stockli was born and raised in Basel but now resides in the Swiss town of Valbella.
Despite not being on the PDC Tour, Stockli previously caught the eye live on Sky Sports earlier this year.
He reeled in the big fish with a 170 checkout against Northern Ireland in the group stage of the World Cup of Darts back in June.
Alongside partner Stefan Bellmont, though, the Swiss duo lost both their matches as they crashed out in the opening round.
The winner of Littler vs Stockli could potentially face Humphries in the last 16.
Game on
Luke Littler has been doing side quests to pass the time while he waited for round one to be completed.
And one of those was playing Ultimate Team on EA FC 25 where he had seven Premier League stars.
Despite being a Manchester United fan, Littler has two Manchester City players in his squad – Ederson and 91-rated Erling Haaland.
In defence he has Ferland Mendy, Micky van de Ven, Virgil van Dijk and United defender Diogo Dalot.
Red Devils ace Kobbie Mainoo is in midfield alongside Eduardo Camavinga, Luis Diaz and Rodrygo.
And Haaland leads the line alongside icon Hernan Crespo.
Prize money reminder
As we get one step closer to the final, here is a reminder of how much Luke Littler and his rivals are battling for.
- Winner: £30,000
- Runner-up: £12,000
- Semi-finalists x2: £8,500
- Quarter-finalists x4: £6,000
- Third round losers x8: £4,000
- Second round losers x16: £2,500
- First round losers x16: £1,250
- Total: £175,000
