Littler completes World Series double at NZ Masters

The New Zealand Masters was the second World Series title in seven days for Luke Littler

Teenager Luke Littler beat defending champion Luke Humphries 8-4 to win the New Zealand Masters in Auckland and complete a World Series double after his victory in Australia last week.

The world champion saw off Mike de Decker 6-2 and Gerwyn Price 7-2 in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively on Saturday before setting up yet another showdown with Humphries.

Littler threatened to make light work of the world number one, cruising into a 3-0 lead before being pegged back to 3-2.

The 18-year-old again rattled off three legs in a row to move 6-3 in the lead before eventually wrapping up an impressive 8-4 victory.

"I felt untouchable tonight," Littler said.

"It couldnt have gone any better - the scoring, the doubles and then in the final I just felt untouchable."

The Englishman recorded an average of 115.02 on his way to victory - the highest average ever in a World Series event final.

It was the fourth consecutive success for Littler against Humphries and edges him ahead in their career head-to-head with eight wins to seven.

"I was really good tonight and he [Humphries] couldnt do much," Littler added. I was disappointed going in 4-2 because it could have been 5-1 or 6-0.

"I just want to win everything that comes my way - the next one is Antwerp for the European tour so hopefully I can make it four titles in a row."