Wright stuns Littler to win in Germany

Sunday's win was Peter Wright's ninth European Tour title of his career

Peter Wright landed his first European Tour title of the year with a comeback victory over Luke Littler in Germany.

Scotland's Wright, 54, was 4-1 down after the early stages of the German Darts Championship final in Hildesheim on Sunday night.

He secured the win by an 8-5 margin thanks to six consecutive legs, despite 10 180s from his 17-year-old opponent who was looking for his third win of the season in the European series.

Asked how he kept up with Littler, who was averaging around 15 points more than him throughout the final, Wright said: "I just believed in myself.

"Obviously he's a fantastic darts player and he was blowing me off the darts board [in the beginning]. I thought if I could keep with him then I knew I had a chance.

"He gave me lots of chances."

Littler made the final thanks to a dominant 7-2 win that saw him land eight 180s to beat Daryl Gurney in their semi-final.

Wright overcame Dave Chisnall 7-5 in his semi-final.