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Topics: Darts, Luke Littler
Ben McCrum
Darts legend Adrian Lewis has admitted that his 12-year-old son wasn't too impressed with his decision to return to the sport.
After a successful career that saw him when back-to-back PDC World Championships in 2011 and 2021, Lewis announced that he was retiring from darts in March 2023, following the end of the PDC season.
The Englishman explained that he just needed to take some time to himself away from the sport, while support his wife, Sarah, who suffers from an incurable kidney disease and daughter who was diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
However, Lewis made his return to the oche in August as part of a pairs event, signing a multi-year management deal with MODUS earlier this year.
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But ahead of the comeback, Lewis has admitted tat his young son brutally shot his dad down as he didn't share his dad's excitement of returning to the sport.
Lewis has not yet decided if he will enter the UK Q-School in January, where he would compete with nearly 900 darts players to win a two-year PDC tour card.
Most fans are hopeful that Lewis will return to the PDC tour, but his son appears to be convinced that he would not necessarily be good enough to do so.
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When asked by Juicy Darts if his son was aware of his darts achievements, Lewis replied: "No not really, he just says 'Dad you're washed'. Confidence boost!"
Not only was his son clearly unimpressed by his dad's impressive career, but Lewis explained that he wasn't even the man who inspired Matthew to start playing darts.
"Matthew, my youngest lad is 12, he started playing in the junior ADC," Lewis revealed.
"But to be fair he hasn't actually gone into darts through me, it's all through Luke Littler."
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And after he was brutally shot down by his son, Lewis revealed the pair faced off on the oche and he didn't hold back.
"I played him the other night, I beat him 20-1 on 301," Lewis added.
"I normally give him a chance but as soon as he said that, I thought 'he's having it!'"
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Should he decide to compete for a PDC tour card at the start of next year, then he will take part in the first stage of Q-School which is held over three days, and is open to anyone over the age of 16 for a specific entrance fee.
The top finishers in the Order of Merit, plus those who qualify automatically - totalling 106 last year - move on to the second stage, where a total of 128 participants compete.
The choice of players who automatically go through to round two is based on their previous season's performances, meaning they are often some of the top stars who are not on the main tour.