Adrian Lewis told skysports.com he wants a quick qualification to the final group of this year's Championship League.
Jackpot hopes to go one better in Championship League this year
Adrian Lewis told
skysports.com he wants the same form but a different result from this year's Championship League darts, after starring in last year's online-exclusive event but failing to make the final group.
The Championship League darts has no crowd in attendance and is only viewable to the public via the internet - and you can watch all the action on
skysports.com via the Sky Bet player.
'Jackpot' Lewis lit up the League last year with a nine-darter early on in the tournament, but could not quite find a way through to the final stages.
The event is run in eight group stages, played out as leagues, and the winner of each stage goes through to an eight-man winner's group.
Lewis topped the league stages three times, made the group final three times out of eight and made the semis on three other occasions, but each time just came up short.
Money list
Despite finishing fourth on the overall money list for the tournament, Lewis missed out on the finals - and this year he's determined to make it through.
"I think I played in a few semis and a lot of finals last year, I think I finished three of them leading the money table but didn't even qualify for the finals," Lewis told
skysports.com.
"I think this year I'm looking to try and qualify straight away, I'm not looking at staying in the league to collect more money I want to get it over and done with and get to the final."
Lewis repeated his nine-darter recently in a tournament win in Austria, which ended a long title drought for him, and he says that becoming a father for the first time will help settle him down.
"It was brilliant especially to finish with a nine darter on the big stage," he said of his Austrian win. "And I got one last year against Wadey in the Championship League darts.
Relief
"When you're aiming for the last treble 20 you start getting a bit nervous thinking don't miss now, so when you can actually finish it off it's a great relief.
"I think my game will go up now, with having the little 'un I think my game will settle down a lot more. With me it's all about confidence, I am a confidence player, when I'm on a high I can beat anyone but it's just getting that confidence going."
Top players these days are used to performing in front of packed-out venues, but the eerie quite of the Championship League, with no fans involved, will not be putting Lewis off.
"I tell you what, it's like where I practice at home," he said of the atmosphere.
"I've got a little back room that's quite and it echoes so that's probably why it suits me, because its just like I'm practising at home.
"Having no crowd or anything doesn't put me off at all."
