Adrian Lewis talks to Michael Bridge and Colin ‘Jaws’ Lloyd about his bust-up with Peter Wright on the Gamers Championship Finals, whereas the previous two-time World Champion joins the clamour for Fallon Sherrock to affix subsequent 12 months’s Premier League
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Adrian Lewis displays on his altercation with Peter Wright on the Gamers Championship Finals
‘Jackpot’ Adrian Lewis has opened up about his argument with Peter Wright on the Gamers Championship Finals, and why he thinks Fallon Sherrock is a “breath of contemporary air”.
Lewis accused Wright of being a “cheat” after he was beaten by the Scot within the second spherical of the Gamers Championship Finals on Saturday.
Following Wright’s 6-5 victory in Minehead, a heated trade passed off between the 2 gamers whereas they had been nonetheless on stage, with Lewis having to be being led away by a member of safety employees.
The Stoke-on-Trent thrower later took to social media to elucidate that the altercation passed off due to a unfastened floorboard.
He mentioned to me their was a unfastened floorboard and I discovered it! So my response to him was you took me out my rhythm, you had a recreation plan, and as world number2 its disgraceful and your nothing however a cheat. He knew what he was doing as quickly as I went 3-1 up he began muttering issues
— Adrian Lewis (@jackpot180) November 27, 2021
It makes me giggle what among the individuals on listed below are saying. I have been on this sport almost 20 yrs and solely had a fall out with 3 or 4 gamers over that time frame. So I believe I’ve achieved fairly nicely contemplating 🤣
— Adrian Lewis (@jackpot180) November 27, 2021
“I will simply put it behind me now”
Lewis on his argument with Wright in Minehead
Talking on The Darts Present Podcast, the 2011 and 2012 World Champion mirrored on the match and its aftermath, saying: “I went 3-0 up in opposition to Wrighty and misplaced. It’s what it’s. You have simply received to place it behind you and transfer on. Nonetheless the identical, actually. I instructed the reality, and that is it. That is how I noticed it, and that is how I nonetheless see it. It’s what it’s.”
Requested whether or not he has had a chance to talk to the eventual winner of the match in Minehead, Lewis mentioned: “No, not but. No. I will see him in all probability on the Worlds or simply after.”
He added: “I will simply put it behind me now. I am wanting ahead to the World Championship. That is the most important one of many lot. So if I can do some injury at that, that may rectify what’s simply occurred on this one.”
Lewis is lingering down at world No 34 after a drop within the rankings, however he’s decided to rekindle the type of type which led him to glory at Alexandra Palace nearly 10 years in the past now.
“The sharpness is not fairly the place it needs to be,” mentioned Lewis. “Generally after I’m up there, I really feel I am untouchable after I’m knocking in 110-plus averages. I really feel like, ‘yeah, that is it. I am again’. After which the following recreation, I will common round a ton. And I will have one little blip the place I will common 95, and lose.”
Waiting for the Worlds, Lewis has been drawn to face Canada’s Matt Campbell within the first spherical with a possible blockbuster conflict in opposition to Gary Anderson awaiting the winner.
“Whoever you play, they’re all going to be a tricky match, aren’t they? On the finish of the day, it is the World Championship. You are underneath sufficient strain as it’s. You do not even take into consideration the opponent – you are simply fascinated by going up there and making an attempt to get the job achieved,” mentioned the 36-year-old.
He continued: “I do not suppose you possibly can relaxation in your laurels. I believe you have to go up there and [think] ‘it is a model new match, it is a new 12 months, it is a new starting’. You have to try to knuckle down. In case you do nicely on this, you are again in all the things subsequent 12 months. In order that’s how I am it proper now.”
Lewis believes Fallon Sherrock could be a “good addition” to subsequent 12 months’s Premier League
Lewis, who was a protégé of 16-time world champion Phil Taylor, has additionally backed ‘The Queen of the Palace’ Sherrock for a spot in subsequent 12 months’s Premier League following a clamour of help for the 27-year-old Buckinghamshire thrower.
“I believe she’s been a breath of contemporary air, I do,” mentioned Lewis. “I believe, wanting again over the previous couple of years, aside from Gerwyn Worth coming by means of I do not suppose they’ve the characters there as a lot now. Along with her coming by means of, yeah I believe it will be an excellent addition personally.”
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