Daryl Gurney is van plan om tijdens wedstrijd meer van zich te laten horen in de hoop zijn goede vorm terug te krijgen voor de BoyleSports World Grand Prix.
Één van Gurneys beste momenten kwam tijdens de World Grand Prix van 2017, toen hij de dartwereld op zijn kop zette door de titel te pakken.
Die overwinning bleek een goede springplank voor de rest van zijn carrière en Gurney piekte als nummer vier van de wereld. Gurney verloor kort daarna echter zijn vorm en viel de afgelopen twee jaar naar beneden op de wereldranglijst.
De Noord-Ier is op dit moment de nummer 17 op de PDC Order of Merit, maar hij gelooft dat hij zijn vorm weer terug kan krijgen en weer kan gaan stijgen op de wereldranglijst.
Gurney zei in een interview met The Darts Show Podcast: "The game is coming back, it's getting there, I'm practicing very hard to get back to where I was.
I have lost a lot of aggression from my game but I need to get it back because I think I play better when I've got a bit of intensity in my game.
But I'm playing well again, I'm hitting more 100+ averages than I ever have.
I think the games moved on, you've got to move with the times - if you're not hitting 100 averages regularly then you aren't going to do anything.
A few years ago you'd say there was 30 people in the room who could win a title, now its 50 or 60 if not more.
We're coming into the busiest time of year now which suits me because I'm one of these players who likes to play every week, which we haven't done for a long time now."
Tijdens een levensveranderend toernooi in 2017 speelde Gurney één van zijn beste wedstrijden op tv, in de kwartfinales tegen Robert Thornton.
GURNEY: "I've great memories of the 2017 tournament. It was a very special week for everyone connected with me.
The biggest moment for me was the quarter-final against Robert Thornton when I came from behind to win a sudden-death leg.
I had a feeling that whoever won that game was going to win the tournament, and so it turned out."
Gurney neemt het op zondagavond in de eerste ronde van de World Grand Prix op tegen Stephen Bunting.
GURNEY: "The first round is the hardest game to play because of the pressure and short format, anybody can beat anybody.
Stephen's on a high, he's just won a ProTour and he did very well at the World Championship reaching the semis.
I think Stephen will be, and deserves to be, favourite. Anything less than my 'A game' and I'll be on the flight home on Monday.
My scoring's always there, it's just getting the doubles right; if I can get my double 16 back to where it was in 2017 I'll be hard to beat."
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