Paul Krohne confident toward start of Pro Tour: ''If I show what I can do, few players can beat me''

Paul Krohne was one of the players who managed to secure a PDC Tour Card at Q-School in mid-January. After a strong final day, he gained enough points on the Q-School Order of Merit.

First, Krohne still had to qualify for the final stage of the Q-School. That succeeded on the second day of the first phase in Kalkar. This gave the German dart player one day off in the run-up to the battle for the Tour Cards.

"I have to say I really liked that day off. If you win the first day, you have two days. That can be quite long. For me, it was a relaxing day. I could sleep in, travel to the hall, watch matches, eat and encourage my colleagues,'' Krohne said in an interview with dartn.de.

"I was with René Eidams, Pascal Wirotius and Paul Behrens. We had a vacation apartment about 15 minutes from the venue. It's just fun. You chat, you have fun, you occasionally talk about your game." They also formed a group at the tournament. "It's cozy. You never sit alone, you see the people behind you and that gives you a boost. I can only recommend not to travel alone, but to bring a few friends or one friend, who you can also bring as a non-player."

Krohne failed to accumulate points for the Q-School Order of Merit during the first two days of the final stage at the Q-School. But he didn't let that demotivate him. "I knew I hadn't scored any points and that put me under a certain pressure, but I didn't feel bad because I knew the matches I lost weren't bad in terms of play. There were even legs I lost after starting the leg with seven perfect darts. My pitch and mindset were good. Maybe I just ran into the wrong opponents or at a few times timing that didn't work, but the feeling was just good."

This was also evident on the third day of the final stage. On this day of play, Krohne defeated Jules van Dongen and Danny Jansen, among others, to reach the quarter-finals. The performance raised the question of whether Krohne had a particular key match that day. "I wouldn't call it a key match, but I just had a few better moments," replied the darter from Münster.

Starting in February, the first Pro Tour season begins for Kröhne. "I know that if I show what I can do, few people can beat me". First of all I want to win matches, then I look at how. I also look at the average of my first nine darts. From that you can see what kind of pressure you put on an opponent,'' Kröhne concluded.