PDC world darts semi-finals: Van Veen edges Anderson in classic to set up final with Littler

Gian van Veen prevailed in a thriller with Gary Anderson and will face the defending champion, Luke Littler, in Saturday’s final

First set: *Littler (0) 0-1 Searle (0) *denotes next to throw first Searle gets down to 56 and takes it out with Littler waiting on double top. “Ryan, Ryan, Searle” chant the crowd, to the perhaps overused tune of KC & the Sunshine Band’s “Give it Up.”

Ryan Searle to throw first, as the crowd remind the rest of us that “there’s only one Luke Littler …”