Luke Littler has earned a spot at the European Darts Grand Prix after coming through Wednesday's qualifying event in Leicester.
Earlier in the day, the 17-year-old fell at the first hurdle for the International Darts Open, losing to Dutchman Jitse van der Wal by a 6-3 scoreline.
However, Littler was able to regroup for the second qualifying event of the day, impressively coming through three last-leg deciders.
After easing past George Killington in his opening match, the World Championship runner-up would overcome Simon Whitlock, Danny van Trijp and Ian White.
Littler will now compete in Sindelfingen on April 19, joined by nine other qualifiers which includes Christian Perez of the Philippines.
In the earlier event for the third Euro Tour of the season, Mervyn King was the most notable of 10 qualifiers as the veteran bids to retain his PDC Tour card at the end of the season.
NINE-DARTERS! 🚨
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Simon Whitlock and Ritchie Edhouse have hit perfect legs at the ET4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier in their matches against Luke Littler and Kevin Doets respectively!
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The veteran is already £8,000 adrift of the top 64 in the provisional rankings for the next World Championship in December and requires a sustained run of form to remain on the tour.
King was able to roll back the years to defeat White, Wessel Nijman and Dom Taylor for the loss of just seven legs, but he was unable to replicate that form in the second qualifier.
International Darts Open qualifiers: Mike De Decker, Callum Rydz, Mervyn King, Ritchie Edhouse, Jitse van der Wal, Owen Bates, Simon Whitlock, Cameron Menzies, William O'Connor, Richard Veenstra
European Darts Grand Prix: Keane Barry, Callan Rydz, Luke Littler, Martin Lukeman, Ritchie Edhouse, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Mickey Mansell, Stephen Burton, Scott Williams, Christian Perez
