Scott Waites expresses his unwavering view of the sport as he watches Nathan Aspinall scalp | Darts News

Scott Waites boasts a lot of pedigree as a two-time BDO world champion, but while he prepares to advance Nathan Aspinall in the second round of the World Darts Championship, he maintains that the secret to success takes the sport too important.

It’s a remarkable acknowledgment from a man who has won several major titles throughout his illustrious career, but perhaps illustrates why he was able to make the product under constant pressure.

‘Scotty 2 Hotty’ made its debut at Alexandra Palace to commemorate Saturday, beating Matt Campbell in a five-set anthology, where the top 25 legs were played.

The Canadian led from the outset, just for Waites to shoot in a sublime 11-darter against the throw-in in the final decision of the leg, as it was winning with an average of 96, eight 180s and three ton-plus finishes.

Although the game was played without fans, Waites told the Darts Show podcast that he fulfilled the haunting dreams by clinging to the stage of Alexandra Palace.

“I’ve been looking forward to this day I would say for several years,” said the 43-year-old.

“I was always watching the different codes, so I watched the PDC at Alexandra Palace, but we played on the BDO stage at Lakeside and I always wanted to play here at the Ally Pally.

“It was always my desire to go to Lakeside, but also the Ally Pally as well, so it’s great to get up there and play.”

Waites is one of 20 editors appearing in this year’s show, though he says he’s not here to make up the numbers.

The Yorkshireman, who defeated Tony O’Shea and Jeff Smith in his BDO finals, is claiming to be just the fifth player in darting history to win world titles across both codes.

“I will not come here just to make up the numbers, I will come here because I have earned my right to play in this competition and I hope I am still good enough to beat everyone who is still in this competition.

“On my day I think I could throw up as well as anyone else, but I’m very likely not as consistent as I should be, but I still work on that to get back to that level. “

We have had an exciting year on the Pro Tour for Waites, although this is not the first attempt into PDC waters, following on from the success of the Grand Slam back in 2010.

Last month’s cross-code event marked ten years since Waites stopped the gart world by fighting back from 8-0 down to beat James Wade 16-12 in it. the final, after reaching the final 12 months.

He has yet to consistently reproduce that kind of quality since bidding for his PDC tour card in January, and admits it has been difficult.

“It’s been an incredibly difficult year because I’ve tried to put everything into playing full-time darts this year and it hasn’t happened. I’m preparing for it. my annual calendar and everything has changed completely.

“Working on the routines I do, I work up to every weekend and now you have three or four weeks between each event, which is very difficult then because I can’t used it as I wanted to do it for every weekend.

“2018 I looked at School Q and didn’t do very well. The biggest learning curve for me was the Tour Challenge the following year, because I went to most competitions but didn’t me as good as I do.

“You’d always get someone to show up and average 108 against you, and you’d have an average of 100 and it wasn’t good enough.”

Waites may have to make that kind of show in round two, where he will take on sixth seed Nathan Aspinall – who is bidding to reach his third consecutive semi-final at the this event.

The pair locked horns at the Players ‘Championship finals last month, with Waites eliminating five darts in an impressive decision, so he’ll want to go back against’ The Asp ‘.

However, you will get the impression that the four-time main BDO winner is also relieving the heat of battle, and the prospect of facing the UK Open champion will certainly reduce the craving.

Waites are made in different molds. Most players with his broad résumé value pursue achievements, although the 43-year-old is not afraid to lose – he thrives on competition.

Reflecting on his impressive opening round over Campbell, the four-time main winner continued: “That’s why you play darts.

“Everything inside you, you want to try to win, but if I had lost that game, I would have turned to Matt and said:‘ Do you know which partner, it was you are the best player of the day. ‘

“It just so happened that this was the last leg I played of just the best leg of the game.

“I love playing darts. Darts throughout my life have been great, but I love playing darts for the fun of playing darts. When you put darts on the bad map , it will take a lot of the fun away from it. “

Waites’ unearthly view of the sport is in memory of Gary Anderson, who has previously been said to have treated the sport as a lifelong pastime.

That philosophy has been successful for ‘The Flying Scotsman’ and certainly hasn’t deterred ‘Scotty 2 Hotty’, who hopes the fun factor can lead to victory over one of the elite universe.

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