Peter Wright reckons the good times will roll back so long he dodges the mirror.
Snakebite produced a brilliant last leg finale to sink Kevin Doets in a decider and reach the last 16 at the Winmau World Darts Masters. Wright believes that, despite turning 55 in a couple of months, he still has big days ahead of him as he aims to stay among the elite.
Scotland’s two-time World Champion is adamant he can deliver at the highest level with a new regime and he smiled: “I feel it’s up to me how good I can get, as long as I don’t look in the mirror because when it comes to Match, I am 55. But inside I feel like I am 21, so I feel like that playing darts, then everyone is in trouble. I feel really good. I am doing new stuff since getting beaten by Stephen Bunting at the Worlds, doing lots of new stuff and I’m enjoying darts now. I have got a new buzz. I don’t know what it is, but I feel good and that I can only get better.
“It was a big relief, to be honest [not in Premier League]. Hand on heart going that’s brilliant, I can prepare for each tournament now instead of just running into each tournament, don’t know where my game is, getting smashed by the best players in the world in different venues all over the country. Now I can prepare for each tournament and it’s only my fault if I lose because I haven’t prepared properly.”
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