Jamie Hughes believes he can jolt Michael van Gerwen in the World Grand Prix following a year that owes much to staying in occupation.
His big break came as 2019 dawned after he operated on the Challenge Tour at 2018 – the Englishman sealing his PDC excursion card thanks to a highly effective display at Q School in January. He has not looked back since.
In Junehe scooped his PDC title, beating Stephen Bunting. He will have taken heart although he bowed out in Blackpool in the first round, dropping 10-7 to eventual finalist Michael Smith.
The 33-year-old isnt lacking confidence going to his next major.
It is quite a short format really, first to two places, he told The Darts Show Podcast. It is essentially like a Pro Tour, you have got to win legs. That. Its quite a format. If I can hit the ground running, getting into it early , I can lead to a huge upset.
He does not have any motive to lack belief.
The confidence has ever been there, however, [the Czech Darts Open title] proved not just to myself but to everyone else how much of a danger I am when I am playing well, he continued.
If anything, it included a little more pressure, since theres a bit more anticipation. I am probably viewed as a possible winner of Euro Tours now because I have already won one.
Players must acclimatise into thedouble-in format of this World Grand Prix in Dublin, but the two-time BDO World Championship semi-finalist wont be unsettled by it.
Ive played most of my darting career in double-in championships, in lesser leagues, so I have a great deal of expertise, Hughes explained.
I do not try and do anything else [in training]… I only continue with the very same routines. Im a small creature of habit. I love to get into patterns that are good, and I feel that is more important.
It is possible to throw away the form book out the window just a little bit when you do mix up things. It [the structure ] is different. The players are not going to be in form in that regard.
It likely will be easier for audiences to freshen up things a little, because it does appear to be the identical type of players playing on the TV the entire time, therefore it could freshen this up with a couple more upsets if it did spice things up a bit.
For Hughes, hell revert to kind – . When many players opt to commit to the oche,Yozza has stayed in employment.
Because he proceeds to rise through the ranks, staying busy has worked a treat for him. By playing 2, his match was never suited.
I did try this about 12 months before I switched [into the PDC], he clarified. It did not work very, and it was a lot of darts. There was nothing really [else]. It had been 24/7. It was a tiny bit too intensive. Thats why I went back to do the job. I wanted to take my mind off the game.
I was placing myself under far more pressure since I was putting far more time in, expecting to get a lot more out. That wont always work like this.
I have found my match popped up when I began working again. It is one of the sort of balancing functions. You want to balance it. You have to give yourself a rest time that is good in addition to getting the clinic in, and obviously the travelling and matches.
If you get the balance right, then great. I believe the balance is not too bad at the minute.
Hughes knows exactly what works for him, and he does not have any lack of belief. He will be looking to show exactly what he is capable of in the times in Citywest.
You can listen to the interview with Jamie Hughes about The Darts Show Podcasts Most Recent episode.
Coverage of all seven times in Ireland has on Sky Sports Arena by 7pm on Sunday and lasts until the final in the Citywest Hotel on Saturday.

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