Michael Smith hasn’t had the best time of it in the Premier League this year compared to last year when he was a stand out.
Smith has spoke ahead of facing Rob Cross in Manchester and he sees his game coming back to where it was before and that if he’d won the games he’s drawn he would have been in the top four.
"I can see my game's coming back, but in the last few weeks people have seemed to pull out big finishes against me at crucial times," said Smith, the 2018 Premier League runner-up.
"I've drawn three games this season, two with Peter Wright and last week against Mensur Suljovic, and if I'd won I could have been closer to the top four.
"I've been practising so hard, especially on my doubles, and they've been getting worse!
"I didn't play well in last year's Premier League and made the final, and this year I feel I've been playing better at times and I'm at the bottom! It's a weird game and that's why we love to play it."
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