Luke Littler is just the fourth player to successfully defend the UK Open title Luke Littler claimed a second straight UK Open title by beating James Wade 11-7 in the final in Minehead. Having thrashed Wade 11-2 in the 2025 decider, Littler again got the better of his fellow Englishman, albeit in a much closer contest. By doing so, Littler became the first player since Michael van Gerwen in 2015 and 2016 to win the 'FA Cup of darts' back-to-back. The 19-year-old world champion raced 3-0 ahead in the best-of-21-legs final but was pegged back to 3-3 by Wade. Littler promptly won the next three legs before, remarkably, Wade drew level again at 6-6. Three-time UK Open champion Wade was averaging just 88 at that point while Littler was at a shade over 100 - but some slack finishing by the world number one allowed 'The Machine' to stay in the contest.…