For The Second Time, Peter Wright Has Won The PDC World Darts Championship.

 

For The Second Time, Peter Wright Has Won The PDC World Darts Championship.

In a dramatic final of the PDC World Darts Championship, Peter Wright made an incredible comeback to defeat Michael Smith.

In the 10th set, Wright came back from a 5-4 deficit and two legs up on Smith to win three sets in a row and earn the title.

The Scot, who won the title again in 2020, is only the sixth player in history to do so.

"I'm ecstatic; I've gotten her back," Wright exclaimed. "This is my lady, and I'm glad to see her again."

Wright, who switched darts twice during the final, said, "I didn't show up for eight sets and it was dreadful and I was telling myself off so I stopped doing it."

"I was becoming increasingly upset with myself, so I stopped doing it, and my darts straightened up as a result."

"People may have claimed I was lucky to defeat Michael van Gerwen [in 2020], who wasn't in great shape at the time, but I can prove to everyone that I can win it horribly as well."

Wright, who was competing in his third final, raced to a 2-0 lead with 148 and 124 checkouts, but England's Smith took the third leg with a spectacular 167 finish to break the Scot's throw.

With the Alexandra Palace fans firmly behind Smith, a crucial moment occurred when Wright missed two darts at the double that would have taken him 3-1 up at the interval. Smith, 31, took advantage of Wright's misses to hit a double ten to tie the game at 2-2.

Despite Smith throwing his 72nd 180 of the tournament, which broke Gary Anderson's previous record of 71, World Matchplay winner Wright returned from the break with a new set of darts and held his throw to go 3-2 up.

Smith, the ninth seed, then won two straight sets to take a 4-3 lead in the match. Then, with Smith up 5-4, another important moment occurred as both players held their serves once more.

Wright fell two legs behind in the tenth set before winning three consecutive games to tie the match.

That gave the Scot the upper hand, as he took the 11th set without responding, then added two more to close to within one leg of victory.

The 51-year-old takes home £500,000 and is only £15,250 behind world number one Gerwyn Price in the world darts rankings.

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