Relieved Luke Littler spent a day at the zoo with koala bears and kangaroos before surviving issues with a Big Fish in Australia.
The Nuke scrambled through a last-leg decider in his World Series encounter as he won 6-5 against impressive New Zealander Haupai Puha.
Littler, the reigning World Champion , had to break the throw in the deciding leg having been taken all the way by the Kiwi.
The teenager had a chance to win it in the previous leg, but, having opted to leave a Big Fish 170 checkout, missed it and had to break Puha’s throw to advance into a last-eight meeting with home hero Damon Heta.
Littler struggled to explain why he left the showbiz shot in the penultimate leg as he said: “Yeah, I don’t even know. I think it’s just for myself. Obviously at that point I w