Luke Littler has lived up to the billing after returning to Alexandra Palace as the reigning champion, world No. 1 and the favourite to do it all over again in north London. Can the teenage sensation ...

The 18-year-old dropped the first set in the best-of-13-set showdown but hit back to stamp his authority on Van Veen who had no answer to Litter's relentless scoring. World number one Littler never ...