Question:<\/strong> Have you ever seen anything like Nathan Aspinall\u2019s run of 11 out of 12 legs in the World Matchplay Final?<\/span><\/p>\nChris Mason:<\/strong> \u201cYeah Peter Wright did similar a couple of times against Michael Smith, once in the Slam and once in the Worlds, where they just go on this incredible run of legs.<\/span> To be honest at 5-5 I felt in commentary that he was just about holding on and then he went on this incredible run of winning 11 of 12 legs like you said<\/span>.<\/span> It was a fabulous performance but fair play to Jonny Clayton as well because he was going through the ringer all week. But I just think emotionally he didn\u2019t have a lot left. But during legs 11 to 15 Nathan was averaging over 115 and sometimes you\u2019ve just got to hold your hands up and say he was too good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion:<\/strong> Will winning the Matchplay propel Aspinall to bigger things now?<\/span><\/p>\nChris Mason:<\/strong> \u201cIt should certainly boost his confidence because he\u2019s playing some great darts. He\u2019s always been a real streetfighter of a player but you just felt he needed to add something to his game and I think changing barrels, even though it\u2019s quite a small thing, it\u2019s certainly changed <\/span>him in terms of power scoring in his game. <\/span>He\u2019ll have that confidence and freedom to really express himself on stage now. He\u2019s going to be a danger man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion:<\/strong> Many of the top seeds were knocked out early at the Winter Gardens. How did that affect the tournament?<\/span><\/p>\nChris Mason:<\/strong> \u201cYears ago when Phil Tayor would get knocked out early it wouldn\u2019t always make for a dramatic tournament. But <\/span>I think there\u2019s been a change in the game from that era where it was really just him and a couple of others, whereas now there\u2019s more like 12 to 16 top players who are all capable of producing performances much like Nathan Aspinall did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion:<\/strong> Are there any up and coming darts players that have really caught your eye.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nChris Mason:<\/strong> \u201c<\/span>Luke Littler.<\/span> He\u2019s 16 and he will win his tour card from the Winmau Development Tour this year, so he\u2019ll be thrown straight in the deep end from January next year and he won\u2019t need to go to Q School. <\/span>He\u2019s been playing some stuff down at the Super Series which I work on and he\u2019s been absolutely outstanding, so look out for him next year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an exclusive interview with SafeBettingSites.com, former Darts player Chris Mason gives his commentator insight on just how good Nathan Aspinall really is. Mason also sings the praises of youngster Luke Littler. When using the quotes below, please link to \u2013 https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com Use anchor text: SafeBettingSites.com Interview Highlights: Aspinall\u2019s amazing run came out of nowhere … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":37706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1454],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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