For Michael SmithPDC 2025 Winmau World Masters ended with a serious disappointment. The former world champion lost 3-1 to Danny Noppert in the opening round. As it turns out, there is a very good reason why Smith did not play at his expected level.
Smith was determined to enter 2025 better than he graduated in the previous year. The 34-year-old Englishman, the winner of the World Darts 2023 championship, came out in the opening match with Kevin Doets at the last world championships. And so it was not a successful year for Smith, who was without a major title. After the defeat, Smith received many negative messages on social media. That is why he felt the need to clarify the situation in social media.
“I feel that this should be said because I am nervous, seeing that I am finished or what is happening is that or that. Over the past 6 weeks, I had 2 AC arms and I am looking for physiotherapy every 2/3 days, “Smith explains. “But for 3/4 years I fought with something else. I broke both my wrists when I was 19, and now I am catching up with me. Lack of suffering arthritis in the right hand. “
Michael Smith in Winmau World Masters
“This is not a sympathy or a shout for help. It allows you to all, “continues Smith. “I never gave up or refrained from pain. I played the world final with a broken hand. I made an open finale in Great Britain with a hole in the groin. I won Pro Tours and Euro Tours with a problem in my ankle. “
Therefore, Smith strongly rejects the idea that his time among the elite in motion. “I didn’t say it before because I was afraid to lose Prem or World Series, but I wasn’t chosen anyway, so why not now. I see a specialist on Monday, and when I know you will know what will happen to this next month – sums up Bullyboy. “I will never let anything overcome me and promise me that I will come back very quickly!”
