Wright reacts to sudden death thriller against Malicdem: ‘I didn’t expect it to go all the way’

Peter Wright is successfully through to the Third Round at the PDC World Championship but not without surviving a scare against Noel Malicdem.

Wright saw the Filipino ace return to the first late on and nearly have the chance to win it himself but when he won the bull in sudden death, he soon took back control.

It was a performance that even Wright wasn’t expecting and that also he expected more from himself on the big stage but by his own admission it didn’t come out.

"I didn't expect it to go all the way to a last leg, so full credit to Noel for his performance," said Wright.

"I honestly though I'd won but then he blew me away for two sets and I had to recover.

"The way I was practicing I thought I was going to break records in this tournament, so it threw me when that didn't come out on stage.

"The 140 to save the match was huge and from there I dug deep and thankfully did enough to get through."

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