Chris Dobey bouncing back from World Championship heartache: 'I've never felt like that before' | 3U3R453 | 2024-02-04 16:08:01
Chris Dobey arrives on the Masters this week as defending champion and keen to put a painful experience on the World Championship behind him.
Hollywood had a fantastic season final time round, which started with lifting the Masters trophy, then saw him take on his first Premier League marketing campaign, before reaching a string of massive quarter-finals.
He reached the last eight once more at Alexandra Palace and was on the verge of the semis as he opened up a Four-Zero lead on Rob Cross, solely to see Voltage storm again and beat him 5-Four in a exceptional turnaround.
Dobey got here so close to his first World Championship semi-final and isn't denying that it was a stinging loss from a dominant position.
'It was a tough one to take from the Worlds, I should by no means have lost from that place,' Dobey advised Metro.co.uk. 'I didn't really feel like I dropped my performance, Rob simply progressively acquired better and thought he had nothing to lose at Four-0 down. He performed incredible.
'It was a tough one to take but I really feel as if I didn't do lots mistaken, I played properly. There's stuff to enhance on however I'm not going to let it get me down.'
Dobey, like all players, has suffered stinging losses over his career but he admits the defeat to Cross was the only one which left him close to tears.
'I had 10-15 minutes to myself, obviously I used to be gutted,' he stated. 'It's in all probability the only recreation where I felt like I needed to cry.
'I've by no means felt like that before, however the largest competition in the World, crucial moment, to succeed in the semis, it was large. That was the closest I've come to crying, I was absolutely devastated, but I had my 10-15 minutes to myself and you set it behind you.
'I'd have been rather a lot worse if I had crumbled. However I averaged 100 for almost all of the sport, you've just acquired to say properly achieved to Rob on the day, he got here back, performed properly and acquired the job achieved.'
While the loss to Cross is what is going to stick within the reminiscence from Dobey's latest World Championship campaign, his run to the quarters was completely excellent, delivering sensible performances to beat Willie O'Connor, Ross Smith and Michael Smith.
'To beat the reigning world champion and world number one at the time 4-Zero was an enormous win,' he stated of beating Michael Smith. 'Robust begin with Willie, then Ross and Michael, to return by means of it the best way I did, I'm pleased with myself. I shouldn't have lost to Rob but you need to bounce back, it's just a little set-back.'
Sadly for Dobey he felt that the defeat to Cross not only value him a World Championship semi-final but in addition a spot within the Premier League this yr.
The 33-year-old believes he would have made the eight-man subject if he had closed out the win, however he's taking inspiration from Luke Humphries who missed out last yr and is now sitting pretty as world champion and world primary.
'You never anticipate to be in, however I felt I had a great probability,' he stated of the Premier League. 'I used to be pretty constant.
'If I'd gained that recreation towards Rob I in all probability would have been in. I still assume I'd executed enough however they have to choose. It's a must to put Luke Littler in, he obtained everyone watching and he's accomplished implausible.
'After the information I just looked at what they did final yr with Luke Humphries, they stated he wasn't ready and look what he's carried out this yr. Hopefully that may get me back up for it and present everybody what I can do.
'He's the perfect participant on the earth on the minute, world primary, world champion, gained the last four main occasions, so he's completed one thing right from getting that knock again of not getting within the Premier League. He's answered every query going.'
The Masters was the primary major title of Dobey's career and he's relishing being launched as defending champion in Milton Keynes on Friday night time when he takes on Andrew Gilding within the opening round.
'It's going to be good to listen to that,' he stated. 'I've simply obtained to remain focussed for that first recreation, don't look ahead or assume in a different way to what I usually do.
'I've been enjoying nicely, training nicely, so hopefully I can go there and retain the title.'
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