Luke Littler was in top form at the Czech Open with an opening victory, even if he had an unhelpful distraction on the oche.

The reigning world champion kicked off his latest European Tour event with a 6-2 win over Cameron Menzies in Prague, Czechia, but may not be looking forward to his next match.

That’s because of the heat at the PVA Expo, as the 18-year-old explained post-win.

“It felt pretty hot,” he said. “As soon as I stepped on the first step I was like ‘wow this is hot’.”

The temperature didn’t impact Littler early on as he went 3-0 up, but his performance then flattened out as world No.33 Menzies got back into the match before being seen off.

Giving his view on how things played out, Littler added: “I started off really well. As the game went on I started to drop a bit,

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