Former World Grand Prix champion reveals he almost quit darts in brutally honest interview

ONE erstwhile World Grand Prix champion is aiming for a 2nd occurrence contempt coming adjacent to packing it each successful past year.

Jonny Clayton, who won the tourney successful 2021, booked his spot successful Wednesday's past 16 clashes with a triumph implicit Ritchie Edhouse connected Monday.

Clayton, 50, seems to beryllium successful good signifier successful Leicester for the tournament, but it hasn't been an casual travel to get backmost to the oche aft a pugnacious twelvemonth successful 2023.

'The Ferret' opened up connected what has been a hard 12 months aft helium mislaid his father, truthful overmuch truthful that helium astir walked distant from darts altogether.

Speaking aft his triumph implicit Edhouse, helium said: "I enjoyed it up determination tonight.

"My darts are going good, truthful hopefully, they tin support going good for the remainder of the week.

"For the past twelvemonth I've not been bothered astatine all, but there's a spot of occurrence successful the belly again, I'm hungry.

"I'm a dart subordinate truthful I privation to beryllium the champion successful my sport.

"But you know, I person to beryllium honest, successful the past twelvemonth it could person been packing up time.

"But listen, I'm backmost enjoying it, I got a grin connected my look and I don't similar losing. So that's a bully happening for 'The Ferret."

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Clayton's revitalised cognition towards darts could assistance him win astatine the oche this week arsenic helium battles it retired for the £120,000 expansive prize for Sunday's champion.

The Welshman volition take connected Ross Smith connected Wednesday with an oculus connected a spot successful the quarter-finals - thing that would pouch him a minimum of £25,000 successful prize money.