John Henderson heeft de motivatie achter zijn gewichtsverlies onthuld voorafgaan aan zijn wedstrijd in het Alexandra Palace van gisterenavond.
Henderson is in 2020 ruim 25 kilogram afgevallen en hoopt dat dit goede gevolgen heeft voor zijn dartscarrière.
HENDERSON: "I knew I needed to do something about my weight and I have done something.
I want to be playing this game into my late 50s, so health comes first. I need to look after myself.
I'm a diabetic and when they told me my weight a few months ago I was shocked how bad it was.
I haven't changed that much, I go walking a lot.
You see the young lads coming through now, you need to be physically fit enough to compete with them over long games.
But I'm only half-way to where I want to be with the weight loss, I want to go even further.
I don't think it's anything to do with why I've not been playing as well. People say I'm not rocking as much when I throw so maybe I need to look at that."
Henderson had het in zijn eerste ronde partij tegen Marko Kantele ook al niet gemakkelijk. Hij was niet tevreden over zijn prestaties en wilde dit graag verbeteren voor zijn wedstrijd op zondagavond.
HENDERSON: "I never make things easy when I play here.
I was the winner of a terrible game, and I hate saying that.
This is probably the best I've felt coming into Ally Pally so I can't understand why I played so badly.
It's been a horrible year, preparation hasn't been great for me but I've come in here buzzing.
I've always been a better player as the underdog so going into the next game against Jonny I think I will step my game up."
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