Luke Littler has withdrawn from two Players Championship events in the Netherlands less than 24 hours after his bid for a PDC majors title clean sweep was dashed.

World No 1 Littler was dumped out of the World Series of Darts Finals at the quarter-final stage by a 10-4 defeat to Jonny Clayton on Sunday, ending his run of winning the first six premier events of the season.

The 19-year-old had been scheduled to feature at Players Championship 29 and 30 in Den Bosch, Netherlands, on Tuesday and Wednesday but has pulled out of both events, a decision which effectively ends his chances of qualifying for November's finals in Minehead.

'The Nuke' sits 125th on the Order of Merit in the Players Championship circuit, £16,750 adrift of the final qualification spot on offer to the top 64 players. Littler's decision follows the teenager threatening to boycott tournaments in the Netherlands after he was subjected to boos and whistles during the World Series of Darts Finals. The Amsterdam crowd jeered the two-time world champion throughout his first-round match against home favourite Danny Noppert, with Littler saying he would take the same stance with the Netherlands as he does with Germany after being subjected to fan abuse there.