World Grand Prix Darts: Luke Littler in shock first-round exit as defending champion loses to Luke Woodhouse

Defending champion Luke Littler suffered a shock first-round exit at the World Grand Prix as he lost out 2-1 to Luke Woodhouse in Leicester, on the same night that six-time winner Michael van Gerwen was also eliminated. <p>Littler won the first set, but was far from his best as Woodhouse spurned several chances at double to have taken the opener into a deciding leg.</p><p>Woodhouse made no mistake in sets two and three, however, to see him pull off one of the biggest upsets in the hostory of the double-in, double-out tournament.</p><widget id="4"></widget><p>He'll face former finalist <strong>Nathan Aspinall</strong> in the second round after he overcame Kevin Doets in a final-leg decider earlier on the opening night.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/darts/live-blog/13592924/world-grand-prix-darts-day-one-live-luke-littler-michael-van-gerwen-gerwyn-price-and-jonny-clayton-in-action-at-double-in-double-out-event"><strong>2026 World Grand Prix - day one as it happened</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/13585772/world-grand-prix-darts-2026-schedule-format-prize-money-venue-dates-as-luke-littler-luke-humphries-seek-title" target="_blank"><strong>World Grand Prix schedule, results and format</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/37278/13428768/darts-2026-schedule-and-dates-premier-league-darts-world-matchplay-and-more-with-luke-littler-in-action"><strong>Darts in 2026: Key dates, calendar, results</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Latest Sky Sports deals</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>stream with…