Glen Durrant heeft zijn trots laten blijken nadat hij ook op woensdagavond ongeslagen bleef tegen Michael van Gerwen. Hij versloeg de Nederlander met 7-3 in de Premier League in Milton Keynes.
Met deze overwinning heeft Durrant nu alle drie de onderlinge ontmoetingen tussen deze twee spelers weten te winnen.
Op dinsdag speelde Durrant nog gelijk tegen Peter Wright, maar op woensdag haalde hij een gemiddelde van 104 en met onder andere een 167 finish was hij te sterk voor de nummer één van de wereld.
DURRANT: "I'm super proud, I'm very, very happy, sometimes you feel good, practice went well and it just went so right on the stage.
Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, I don't have their talent but what I've got is hard work, tenacity and experience.
I'm a little bit slower than the rest of them, but that's one of my strengths; people probably aren't going to give me their best game because they can't get into their rhythm.
But that's because for 20, 30 years I've played in my bedroom, played local league, County and Superleague etc, and that's my strength.
I'm tough to beat right now, and maybe I've got Michael's card right now because he's not at the oche all the time. I'm sure he'll play tremendous against Gary [Anderson] and Michael [Smith], but against me he possibly may struggle because I'll dictate the pace."
Voorafgaand aan de wedstrijd werd Durrant nog ''saai'' genoemd door Van Gerwen, dit vanwege zijn langzamere stijl van spelen. De man uit Middlesbrough gaf toe:
DURRANT: "He probably doesn't like my pace.
He actually said that Glen Durrant's a phenomenal player and he'd have to be at his A-game to beat me. The bit about being boring was highlighted and that's what makes people talk. I think I've got his respect.
I don't want people to talk about how slow I am, I want people to talk about me averaging 103 yesterday and 104 today.
Whatever sport you're in, it's special to beat the best player in the world and this is up there with any night in my career,
Michael's the best player in the world right now and the second best player ever to pick up a dart, and tonight I beat him.
It's amazing - I've got so much respect for him and I'm going to enjoy the moment. I feel that I'm right up there now as one of the top ten in the world and I'm only going to get better.
I'm top of the Premier League and I'm proud of that, but I just want to stay in the top four now and make sure I'm in the Play-Offs."
Sinds Durrant de halve finale haalde op de World Matchplay vorige maand, heeft hij een andere vorm flight op zijn pijl gemonteerd.
DURRANT: "The new flights are going well, I don't seem to be straying into the five or one and I'm scoring bigger with them.
Not many people throw a pear shaped flight and that new flight is working well for me right now. I had a 103 average last night, 104 tonight and it's something I'll stick with and work hard."
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