LAY OFF LITTLER

LUKE HUMPHRIES has called on the Ally Pally crowd to give Luke Littler a break.

- by RICHARD LEWIS

Littler reacted after he suffered hostility as he reached the World Championship quarterfinals in his win over Rob Cross and said he expects the “worst” when he meets Krzysztof Ratajski in the first match of tonight's session.

But Humphries, who faces Gian van Veen in the final game of the night, hopes there is no repeat.