Bennett after losing on BDO World Championship debut to Mitchell: "I loved every minute of it"
BDOWednesday, 08 January 2020 at 12:00
Leighton Bennett could not defeat Scott Mitchell on his BDO World Championship debut as he made his first appearance in the tournament as the youngest ever competitor.
Bennett confident as ever spoke about how good it was to play in the match against Mitchell and the mindset he had when he pulled the game back winning his first set.
"It's an awesome feeling obviously, playing on there; playing Scott Mitchell as well one of the legends of the BDO but I loved every minute of it," said Bennett.
"I went in the toilet and splashed water over my face and said that it's not over till the final double goes out. I come back and I won the first set after the break 3-0 and I thought I could be back in here, I thought I got in his head a bit but I didn't score enough after which affected me and I am kicking myself still now."
"At the end of the day, you're playing a top bloke, he's been World Champion so in my eyes, that's the best draw I could have got."
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- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024
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