Peter Wright has a funny idea for beating young star Luke Littler in the Premier League Darts - he's joked about taking away Luke's phone! Wright, who has won the world championship twice, says he needs to focus on his own game when they meet in the quarter-final.
Wright hasn't played against Littler since the teenager's amazing performance at the World Darts Championship. He thinks Littler's way of playing is really good and reminds him of himself when he was younger.
Talking about how to win against Littler, Wright made a joke: "I'm going to take his phone off him in the backroom so he can't play games! It's all about myself, I'm not worried about anyone else at all, but hopefully this old boy can still do it against Luke."
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He also said: "When I was his age and I went to an exhibition to play one of the old pros, I had the attitude that 'I'm going to smash you up'. That's the sort of attitude that Luke has got right now, which is great."
Wright is looking forward to their match, saying: "It will be nice to play him - I've seen what he has done to all the other top pros, but he hasn't played me yet. Having said that, if I play like I did last week in Glasgow he will beat me easily!"
It comes after Wright decided to start over by getting rid of his trophies and darts, all because he was inspired by watching Littler and Luke Humphries play at Alexandra Palace. The 53-year-old was surprised when he lost early in the tournament to Jim Williams.
Wright realised that taking a break from darts at the start of the year didn't help him. "I watched
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