🗣️ "You have to look at what's in front of you and how the draw evolves." We spoke to Mickey Mansell after his whitewash victory over Xiaochen Zong here at Ally Pally...
"You have to look at what's in front of you and how the draw evolves": Mickey Mansell shuns idea of breaking new Ally Pally ground
PDCThursday, 21 December 2023 at 20:00
Mickey Mansell sealed a whitewash win in a potentially tricky test against Chinese qualifier, Xiaochen Zong who has dominated his tour back at home and is seen as a future star in the game albeit has been halted in recent years by travel restrictions.
But now Mansell is through to the World Darts Championship second round with Brendan Dolan now awaiting in an all Northern Irish clash and he averaging around 96 in the final set, he believes he played well but shunned the notion of feeling confident.
"I thought I played pretty well. I didn't know what the statistics or averages were but I know whenever I get an opportunity bar I think one leg, I thought I played very well. I didn't know what I expect but whenever I got an opportunity I thought I took it," said Mansell post match.
"I definitely didn't feel comfortable at any stage. I was trying to have in my own headspace of doing my own thing and seeing how that evolved."
As well as quipping that you can never be confident of breaking new ground which he would if he won due to how the draw pans out in any case.
"You can't turn around and say you're confident of going to the second and third round. You have to look at what's in front of you and how the draw evolves. You've got no control over them situations. I just don't think you can sit and think you are entitled of being in the Quarter or Semi-Final due to who you are, the draw has a lot to do with the situation every year."
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