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It wasn’t Peter Wright’s night.
The world champion failed sensationally in the third round of the Darts World Cup with 3: 4 against German Gabriel Clemens. “Snakebite” was only defeated by the “German giant” in the seventh sentence. (Darts World Cup from December 15 to January 3 LIVE on TV SPORT1, in LIVESTREAM and LIVETICKER)
While Clemens achieved the greatest success of his career (and also for Darts Germany), defending champion Wright landed hard on the ground and was exposed to the ridicule of the great competitor.
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Van Gerwen: “It happens when you say so much shit”
Michael van Gerwen couldn’t resist commenting on the Wright-off. “When you say so much nonsense, things like that can happen to you,” said “Mighty Mike” smugly after his sovereign victory over Ricky Evans. The Dutchman lost the final against “Snakebite” last year. (Darts – the most important terms)
“We all know what Peter Wright is like. He says nonsense in every interview. Do you know of an interview where he said nonsense? He talks like that after every win and every loss. He doesn’t say anything useful,” van Gerwen explained. (Game and match schedule – an overview of all games in the third round)
Wright doesn’t really need him, after all, he’s a phenomenal player who can hurt any opponent.
Van Gerwen also indirectly thanked Clemens for the fact that the Saarwellingen industrial mechanic had removed perhaps the world’s No. 1 biggest opponent from the tournament: “It’s always good when a direct competitor is kicked out of the tournament. Of course, you want to eliminate the competitor yourself, but if someone else does that, that’s fine too. I’ll take it away. “
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Wright: “I took it lightly”
And Wright himself commented on his defeat. And he admitted that he didn’t take the game seriously enough. “No player has an excuse, it’s so easy to play there. I took it too lightly and got punished, so guys, don’t take it easy just because the crowd isn’t there,” he said. 50 years.
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Unlike Clemens, Wright had played his second round match in front of around 1000 spectators, as spectators were still allowed on the opening day of the Darts World Cup in “Ally Pally.”
“I felt so comfortable. I felt like I was playing at home. It was easy, too easy, and when I wanted to hit doubles, I just couldn’t do it. I can’t explain why, I just did it,” Wright said.
The comment on the selection of his arrows also suggests that Wright was mentally one turn further. “I really wanted to play against Krzysztof (Ratajski Anm. re. Red.) to play. That’s why I switched to diamond darts, “Wright said. Instead of the Scotsman, Clemens will now face the Pole on Wednesday and fight for the quarterfinals.
