Thanks for joining us tonight, you can read all about Luke Littler collecting another piece of major darts silverware in Timothy Abraham's report here.

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Well, that was over pretty sharpish. But if you're still craving a darts fix, never fear - we'll be back on Thursday.

There will be live coverage of Premier League Darts night five in Brighton.

Luke Littler will be in action then too, facing Chris Dobey in the quarter-finals before a potential semi-final clash with Michael van Gerwen.

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James Wade, speaking to ITV4 after his final loss to Luke Littler in Minehead:

"He absolutely bashed me to bits but what can you do against that?

"He was the far superior player, as much as it kills me to admit it, but it is what it is. For me, it's a great step in the right direction.

"Fair play to Luke - at the moment, he's probably the best or the second-best darts player in the world comfortably."

James Wade did well to get this far, but there might be a slight sense of what might have been.

Luke Littler was good, but not perfect. His highest checkout was only 91 and he only finished 11 of 28 checkouts.

But Wade's finishing was frankly awful - two of 17 for a 11.76% conversion rate, with a highest checkout of 85.

It wasn't good enough for a final.

UK Open champion Luke Littler, speaking to ITV4 after his victory over James Wade:

"It's one I've wanted to win. It's my third time here, I came here two years ago as a 16-year-old, last year I was in the quarter-final and now I've gone two better this year to win it.

"I had a job to do, I just wanted to pick up the trophy and it's one I can tick off the list now.

"I'm looking at the Premier League, making sure I'm in the top four and making sure I go to the O2. I've got the Pro Tour, the Players Championship and back to the Premier League. It's going to be a long few weeks."

Littler won 9-1 in 180s, and averaged 101.51 to Wade's 88.06.

Dominance on every front.

"They don't get any lighter," jokes Littler when asked about lifting the UK Open trophy for the first time.

He's then all business, talking about being focused on upcoming tournaments and Premier League Darts events.

The competition should be fearful.

Wade describes Littler as "comfortably the best or second-best darts player in the world right now". Accurate and respectful words.

Littler then gets his hands on the very sizeable UK Open trophy, and lifts it high as the tickertape falls.

Full quotes from both players to come shortly.

Chris Mason
Former PDC World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV4

Luke has been outstanding from start to finish - certainly the best player of the tournament.

Another trophy in the cabinet.

In fairness, James Wade gets £50,000 as a runner up prize. I'd be smiling at that too.

He gets a good reception from the crowd. The veteran has played some fine darts this weekend, particularly in the quarters and semis earlier today.

That win over Luke Humphries will live long in the memory.

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James Wade was absolutely obliterated in that final. At least he's taking it in good humour, sharing a chat and a smile with Luke Littler.

Littler then throws a couple of flights out into the adoring crowd.

Luke Littler misses twice at double 12!

But James Wade can't put him under any pressure, and with double six, Littler seals another title.

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This match is limping on in every sense. James Wade looks like he can barely walk.

Littler needs 84 to win this match.

Littler can't finish, and Wade sees out an 85 check-out.

On we go.

...he misses his fifth arrow at 60.

But he's set up a 121 finish to seal this match.

Littler is on a nine-darter...

Luke Littler was made to wait by James Wade after the last interval, and looked unimpressed. He takes out his frustration by throwing 180 with his first visit to the oche upon resuming.

Littler can't make a Shanghai finish however, leaving Wade needing 78 to break... but he misses double 20.

The Nuke doesn't need a second invite, and he's one leg from another title.

Chris Mason
Former PDC World Championship quarter-finalist on ITV4

Luke stamped his authority early in the game. There was an opportunity for James in leg four to get a foothold in the match, but from that point on it's been a tough night for Wade.

Everything Luke is doing is in five visits or les, while James is needing a sixth or seventh visit.

We've seen a replay of the incident earlier in the match when James Wade appeared to hurt himself with his own darts.

It seems he stepped off the oche heavily, and accidentally stabbed himself in his left hand little finger with a dart.

All very unfortunate.

James Wade winning that last leg ended a run of 17 successive legs won by Luke Littler against the man from Aldershot.

Littler won eight legs out of eight in the Masters, then nine in a row from the start of this match.