Michael Smith gushes over the Sid Waddell trophy after winning World Darts Championship final

Newly topped world darts champion Michael Smith confessed that he stared at the Sid Waddell trophy ‘for seven hours’ throughout a sleepless evening in his lodge room after claiming the prize at the Alexandra Palace on Tuesday.

Smith, who completed WDC runner up in each 2019 and 2021, lastly lifted the coveted trophy after carving out an enthralling 7-4 victory towards three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen. 

The 32-year-old darts star took to social media in the early hours of Wednesday morning to share an image of the illustrious prize from his lodge room.

World champion Michael Smith admitted he stared at the Sid Waddell trophy for ‘seven hours’

Smith beat Michael van Gerwen 7-4 in an epic WDC final at the Alexandra Palace on Tuesday

The 32-year-old took to Twitter to publish an image of the coveted trophy from his lodge

Kicking his ft up in entrance of the tv, Smith showcased the the Sid Waddell trophy from its cupboard and tweeted: ‘When that belongs to you’.

He admitted to talkSPORT on Wednesday morning that he had stared at it for ‘seven hours’ all through the evening in the wake of his gorgeous victory.

When requested if what he did after returning to his lodge room, Smith replied: ‘The bar was shut at 11, so once I acquired again I opened the cupboard with the trophy in and simply began at it for about seven hours. It’ll be sleeping in the huge mattress with me now!’ 

Smith needed to maintain his nerve in the early phases as Van Gerwen made a robust begin to the final, taking a 3-2 lead after the fifth set.

The pair produced certainly one of the biggest legs in darts historical past to thrill the Alexandra Palace as Van Gerwen narrowly missed the probability to take a look at a nine-dart end earlier than Smith achieved the uncommon feat along with his subsequent three darts.

Having misplaced in the final to the Dutchman in 2019, the victor admitted it was a ‘big reduction’ to lastly grasp the elusive trophy.

Smith, who upon throwing his match-winning dart ran straight to his household to have a good time, urged that Tuesday was additionally a win for his spouse and youngsters.

The newly topped champion insisted that his triumph can also be a ‘win’ for his supportive household

Smith ran straight over to his spouse and youngsters to have a good time after throwing the match-winning dart

‘Finally getting over that line was an enormous reduction, it was one thing that I at all times knew I’d get. It’s onerous to sum it up in phrases,’ he continued.

‘When I win, all of us win – I do it for my youngsters and spouse as effectively. We’ve labored so onerous for this and to lastly get it’s superb. 

‘I’ll undoubtedly be in just a few folks’s faces telling I’m the new world primary.

‘[My kids] are much more happy than I’m, I believed they would not wish to go to highschool as we speak however they needed to be in to inform everybody about it – all their mates, their lecturers, everybody.’