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Peter Wright determined to become PDC Home Tour champion

Peter Wright has admitted he’d love to be the PDC Home Tour champion. The World Champion is the headline star of the opening night of the PDC Home Tour, which starts on Friday night, where he will compete alongside Jamie Lewis, Peter Jacques and Niels Zonneveld.

Wright said: “We are stepping into the unknown. It’s definitely going to very different that’s for sure.”

“I think it’s really good that we get to do something competitive during this crisis. I’ve been practising with Dimitri van den Bergh but this should be even more interesting. I don’t think anyone really knows how it’s going to go. But we’ll do our best to put on a show and make it interesting.”

“Of course I want to win it. No player enters into any competition anywhere without wanting to win it. It would be nice to win a unique tournament. Let’s hope we don’t have to have another lockdown ever again, so this event would be a one-off. I could be the only ever World Champion and lockdown ‘At Home’ World Champion in the same year”

“Obviously we’ll just see how it goes. Sometimes you find that an unlikely player settles into a different tournament set-up like this. A new star might even be born.”

“Perhaps the biggest question is whether I’ll get my hair done for ‘At Home’ darts. People will have to watch to find out!”

It’s a strong start to PDC Home Tour, with Wright joined by former World Championship semi-finalist Lewis as well as Jacques, a two-time Challenge tour event winner, and Zonneveld, a 2018 Development Tour champ.

There’s no doubt the PDC Home Tour is a great opportunity for one of the lesser known names in the world rankings to make a name for themselves.

It will be night one of 32 successive nights of action streamed on PDC TV, which is free for all viewers on their website.

A nightly league format will see all four competitors play each other once in matches played over the best of nine legs, with a winner crowned each night.

Following the conclusion of the initial 32 nights of league phase action, the 32 group winners will advance to the second phase of the PDC Home Tour.

With each night’s action commencing at 7.30pm, commentator Dan Dawson will be on hand to talk through proceedings, which will also include live score graphics on screen.

Fellow former world champion Rob Cross is aiming to be part of the PDC Home Tour event in early May. The PDC are producing a mammoth effort to make sure 128 players have robust WiFi to play live at home for the 32 successive nights of group stages.

Cross said: “I’m working very hard to get my dart room sorted. It’s outside so we just need to make sure the signal is strong. I’m sure we can sort that.”

To register and watch the action, go to pdc.tv.

PDC Home Tour – Night one fixtures

Peter Wright v Peter Jacques, Jamie Lewis v Niels Zonneveld, Peter Jacques v Niels Zonneveld, Peter Wright v Jamie Lewis, Jamie Lewis v Peter Jacques, Niels Zonneveld v Peter Wright.

 


 

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