Regerend kampioen Peter Wright gelooft dat hij de speler is met de minste druk op zijn schouders in het William Hill World Darts Championship van dit jaar.
Wright won vorig jaar de titel in de finale tegen Michael van Gerwen en werd daarmee voor het eerst in zijn carrière wereldkampioen.
De 50-jarige zal zijn twaalfde WK spelen in het Alexandra Palace en begint op de openingsavond in de tweede ronde tegen Steve West of Amit Gilitwala.
WRIGHT: “I’ve already accomplished my dream. It’s the other guys who have never won it so the pressure is on them.
I’ve done it, so it doesn’t matter what happens now. That moment will never be taken away from me.
That said, I’ll be going out all guns blazing to try and take the Sid Waddell Trophy home with me again."
Wright is de grootste naam op de openingsavond, die nog gespeeld wordt met 1.000 fans aanwezig.
WRIGHT: “It will be a special moment for me playing on the opening night of the World Championship in the reigning champion’s slot.
I will enjoy the occasion, whoever I play against, but also need to keep my focus because all the expectation is on you on that opening night.
Hopefully I get through that hurdle and then I can relax into the rest of the competition and see how it goes.
I know the game is there, the way I’m practicing is good enough to win it again.
It’s just a case of using the right darts and everything coming together again like it did last year. I’m going to enjoy it.
Honestly, I think I can defend this title.”
William Hill World Darts Championship 2021
Programma
Dinsdag 15 december 2020 (19.00)
3x eerste ronde, 1x tweede ronde
Steve West v Amit Gilitwala (R1)
Steve Beaton v Diogo Portela (R1)
Jeff Smith v Keane Barry (R1)
Peter Wright v West/Gilitwala (R2)
© Foto: Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)