Lewis targets World Championship as return to form: "Hopefully it will all come together at the right time"

As a two-time back-to-back World Champion, Adrian Lewis knows what it takes to win the PDC World Darts Championship but heads into this year's tournament with a point to prove.

It hasn't been the best few years for Lewis with only glimmers of 'Jackpot's natural form on show but he aims to revive himself on the biggest stage.

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"There is always room for improvement but I've been working hard, I've been doing five or six hours a day for the last two or three months now, so hopefully it will all come together at the right time," said Lewis on The Darts Show podcast.

"Any dart player starting out - when you first start playing, your dream is to win the world title. Nothing else matters really, it doesn't matter if you win the Matchplay. The main one is the World Championship.

"When Phil Taylor gets introduced on TV or when he did, it was 16-time world champion, it didn't mention anything else did it really? That's the ultimate."

In terms of whether this tournament is 'make or break' for Lewis, he admits it could come at any point and a title would put him back in the mix.

"I wouldn't say make or break, because it only takes one tournament early next year - say I win the UK Open, you're back in the running again.

"I didn't really see it like that. It is going to be tough, I've got a lot of hard work ahead of me if I want to get back up into the top eight, which I'm capable of doing. "