Michael Smith: PDC world champion on being world number one & Catchphrase preparation

Michael Smith is the 11th antithetic subordinate to triumph the PDC World Championship since it was archetypal staged successful 1994

New PDC satellite champion Michael Smith reflected connected a "special" nighttime aft achieving duplicate goals of a satellite rubric and becoming satellite fig one.

"Everyone wants to beryllium the champion subordinate successful the satellite and I managed to bash some successful 1 night," Smith told BBC Sport.

He joked: "Two birds with 1 chromatic - completed it!"

"I'm implicit the satellite to beryllium a satellite champion, everything I've worked hard for has yet travel existent now," helium added.

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One of the highlights of a sensational last was Smith's stunning nine-dart decorativeness successful the 2nd set, successful the aforesaid limb successful which Dutchman Van Gerwen missed an effort astatine treble 12 to implicit his ain nine-darter.

Only Adrian Lewis, successful 2011, had antecedently deed a nine-darter successful a World Championship final.

"You don't deliberation of it portion you're playing, but erstwhile I got backmost to the country I watched the highlights and it looked special," said St Helens-born Smith, who besides claimed the £500,000 archetypal prize.

"You spot immoderate of the reactions connected societal media of the nine-darter going in, the assemblage going nuts, you spot Wayne Mardle going brainsick successful the commentary container - it was peculiar to watch."

'Celebrity Catchphrase? I don't privation to marque a fool of myself...'

Speaking aft his semi-final triumph implicit Germany's Gabriel Clemens connected Monday, Smith told Sky Sports that helium would hole for the last against three-time satellite champion Van Gerwen by watching episodes of tv quiz amusement Catchphrase successful his edifice room.

Smith besides went "wild successful the aisles", posting a representation of himself watching Supermarket Sweep connected Twitter earlier his 3rd World Championship last appearance.

"I didn't program connected putting it on," said Smith. "I was watching movies and past I enactment ITV2 on.

"I ne'er turned the telly off. I kept waking up astatine astir 8 successful the morning, Catchphrase was connected and past Supermarket Sweep. I conscionable got into it and started watching each greeting erstwhile I woke up."

Smith conceded helium was not the champion astatine getting the Catchphrase questions right, and asked whether helium would fancy an quality connected the personage mentation of the show, helium replied: "I don't privation to marque a fool of myself. I'd emotion to, but I wouldn't astatine the aforesaid time."

Back to schoolhouse aft affectional night

The past fewer months person seen Smith spell from being 1 of the sport's astir men to the champion darts subordinate successful the world.

His quality has ne'er been successful question, but helium had mislaid successful respective finals, including successful 2 erstwhile World Championships, earlier ending his agelong hold for a large rubric successful November with victory astatine the Grand Slam of Darts successful Wolverhampton.

"Finally I got the 1 that I needed which was the Grand Slam, that helped massively going into Tuesday night," said Smith. "I'd yet got that monkey disconnected my back."

Smith deed a nine-dart decorativeness against Michael van Gerwen, which was lone the 2nd cleanable limb successful a PDC World Championship final

Cheered connected by his woman and 2 children successful London, helium produced the biggest triumph of his career.

"They [his children] came down for the quarter-final and besides the final, but they had to get disconnected consecutive distant due to the fact that they've got schoolhouse today," helium told BBC Radio 5 Live connected Wednesday morning.

"My eldest lad was crying his eyes retired going into that past leg. Just finally, their dad's done it.

"Twelve months ago, we conscionable cried successful the backmost country aft I'd lost 7-5 to Peter Wright, I was questioning myself whether I'd ever get different chance. I deliberation the emotion deed him a batch more, arsenic it did with me."

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