Luke Littler’s defence of the World Grand Prix Darts title is over after a shock first-round exit to Luke Woodhouse.The Nuke claimed this trophy for the first time in his career last year with a thumping win over Luke Humphries, but the defence of his title ended in the blink of an eye.Woodhouse produced the biggest win of his career to claim the winThis was just the second time the duo over faced off, and Woodhouse prevailed 2-1.The Nuke claimed the first set but his scoring and finishing let him down as his title defence ended on night one.Littler had been subject to boos lately, but he actually had a good reception from the crowd, but the first set was a struggle.The teenage sensation averaged below 80 as did his opponent, who found great success with the double in, double out format.Woodhouse adopted a tactic of starting on D16 and then switching to T19, while Littler aimed for D20 and then T20, but he struggled to score once in.And as the match progressed, Woodhouse gained in confidence before wrapping up a 2-1 win D12.There was no angry reaction from Littler, who shook his opponent’s hand, clapped the fans and walked off.It marks the first time in 703 days that the Nuke has gone out in the opening round of a televised ranking tournament since the 2024 European Championship.View Tweet: https://t.co/tF4waJ2eXKAhead of the match, Littler had felt confident with his practice as he kicked off a huge few months of darts.But it was a repeat of 2024 as he crashed out at the first time of asking.Speaking about his preparation, he said: “I’ve done three exhibitions, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and had yesterday off. “Everyone is saying it’s not fun because they are probably backstage needing to hit the doubles. “But whereas myself I only practice legs of 501. That’s what I am doing tonight. But with double start.”No reunionEarlier in the night, Wales’ Jonny Clayton had beaten Poland’s Krzysztof Ratajski 2-1, and he was asked about Littler.That was because last week, The Feret beat the world champion in the World Series of Darts finals, seeing him off in the last eight.Clayton had wanted to rematch Littler in the final later this week, but that isn’t happening.He said: “Obviously it’s a great thing to do. Wherever it be I was the one to stop his run. “He was looking at me earlier on and I could see in his eyes he was going to go, ‘I’m going to batter you the next time I play you’ I could see it. “He’s a great kid, massive asset to darts but this is a double in double out competition and hopefully I see him in the final.”It was an evening to forget for Littler, who has now blown this tournament wide openGetty‘A gift’Ahead of the World Grand Prix starting, there were concerns that Littler was going to get a bad reception.That was because he was subject to jeers and boos during that contest against Clayton.The atmosphere towards the Nuke was hostile throughout his time in Amsterdam.And he has since threatened to boycott events in the Netherlands, and he has already taken that stance with German tournaments.And Gary Anderson believes he soon might simply stop going aboard if he keeps being abused.Speaking to Online Darts, he said: “The one thing I can say, he’s been getting a bit of dog’s abuse at tournaments. It’s vile. It is bad.“Now one thing people have got to realise, this young lad, what is he now? 19? He’s got a gift from God.“This boy is phenomenal and he’s turning up to tournaments and getting treated like that.“It could be another 50 years before they see a youngster turn up and play darts like this kid.“This is something special to witness, to tell their kids, to tell their grandkids about this young lad.“How he came on the circuit and destroyed everyone, which he is doing. I think it’s bad.“Luke’s clever. He’s got a lot of things going on and if it got to a stage where he goes, ‘that’s it, I’m finished with darts,’ that’s not going to make any difference.“He’s going to have a big income coming in from what else he is doing.”And Littler will need to get this out of his head quickly with the Grand Slam, Players Championship Finals and PDC World Darts Championship approaching.