Teenager Luke Littler achieved a nine-dart finish in the opening leg as he beat Nathan Aspinall 6-3 in their Bahrain Masters quarter-final.

He is just the second player to throw a nine-darter in the World Series, after 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.

The 16-year-old beat Hong Kong’s Man Lok Leung on his debut at the tournament on Thursday.

England’s Littler was beaten in the PDC World Championship final by Luke Humphries earlier this month.

Littler will face Gerwyn Price in the semi-finals after the Welshman beat Humphries 6-4, ending the new world champion’s 20-match winning streak.

Michael Smith made easy work of his last-eight tie by cruising to a 6-1 victory against Peter Wright and will take on either Michael van Gerwen or Rob Cross in the other semi-final.

More to follow.