Luke Littler won a scrappy encounter against Ricardo Pietreczko at the Players Championship Finals on Saturday night to reach the quarter-finals.

New world No 1 Littler overcame German star Pietreczko 10-6 in a back-and-forth battle, averaging 102.67 to remain on course to win every major in the sport.

Last year's runner-up appeared in a spot of bother when he was locked at 5-5, but he stepped on the gas to win four out of the next five legs and land a stunning 121 with the aid of two bullseyes en route to victory.

"Obviously I am never happy when I am losing, at 3-2 down I then got it back to 5-all and I just had to kick on there," Littler said on ITV4 .

"I knew there were no more breaks, we were on (stage) until the end and I managed to get the job done. I was not the best on my do

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