22:28
quitting time
That’s actually not really intoxicating from Price. With his average of 93 and his double rate of around 32 percent, he doesn’t play what he can play – but it’s enough to take the Dutchman out of the tournament. He takes out the 128 via T18, T18 and D10. He missed van Barneveld a bitter 4-0 smack!
22:26
preliminary decision
That annoys Barney. With 244 points, the last dart only slips into the 5 – so he only throws 125 instead of 180 points. This gives Price a chance to check out 60 points, but misses the D20 twice. However, van Barnveld does the same, so that the Iceman can throw at tops again – and hits. That’s a break, and that’s also the preliminary decision.
22:23
Repeated double problems
Price has his problems on the doubles. With 20 points left, he threw past the D10 three times and was lucky that van Barneveld also missed Tops in the Shanghai finish. Gezzy’s fourth attempt on the D10 ultimately fails.
22:21
RvB to 147
What else? Price is the one who nails the next 180 in the opener of the fourth set. The favorite continues to score great and puts van Barneveld under a lot of pressure. But the Dutchman stays cool, checks 147 over T20, T17 and D18 and thus holds his throw.
22:19
Lucky for Price
van Barneveld throws a 180, but Price counters with a maximum and is down to 67 points on the clock. Even if the Welshman leaves the first set dart on top, he gets three new chances – and he can’t use these chances either. Barney is at 94 points, but in the end misses the D8 to win the set. This gives the Iceman the next set darts. This time he is more confident on D10.
22:17
It’s getting tight
Almost the next great finish from van Barneveld: With 161 points remaining, he just missed the bullseye by a hair’s breadth. But because Price is not in the finish area, the man from The Hague checks over 9, D8 to 2:2 without any problems.
10:15 p.m
2-1 for Price
This is now too easy for the Iceman. He gets nine darts to find his finish – and uses the sixth dart on the D4. That was not enough of van Barneveld.
10:15 p.m
great finish
Barney is already shaking his head: Although Price scored below 40 points twice now, the Dutchman is not happy with his points. But the veteran provides a real highlight with 125 points. He bagged the leg superbly over bull, single bull and bull.
22:12
On to the third set
Again there is a maximum right at the beginning of a sentence – this time from Barney. However, his scoring is still not quite there, his arrows keep slipping into the T1 or T5. With 74 points remaining, Price has two throws on the D10. He omits both, but because RvB can’t check the 139 either, Price makes the leg perfect on the D5.
22:06
Set number two for Price
Now Price wants to know again. With a nice 180, he has 66 points left and is under pressure because Barney has a maximum of 32 points. However, the world number one certainly checks via T14, D12 to make it 2-0 in the sets.
22:04
Double Trouble
Again van Barneveld throws the leg – and again Price starts with the maximum. His average in this round is over 110 points, which is absolutely world class. However, with 98 points remaining, he misses the D19 and gives the Dutchman the opportunity to win the leg on D20. But he throws over it – and suddenly Price doesn’t hit the D8 three times. van Barneveld checks over tops to make it 1:2.
22:02
Price is hot
In the second leg of this set, for the first time in terms of scoring, there are no real fireworks from either of them. Price can’t take out the 149, giving Barney a chance to bag 104. But that fails – and so the Welshman finally checks via D4.
22:00
Reversed Signs
The second set is running, this time throwing van Barneveld. In contrast to the first set, this time it’s Price, who starts directly with the 180 and follows two more perfect darts. In the end, the Iceman checks 117 points remaining effortlessly via the D20 to break. strong.
21:54
exclamation mark
And then the first sentence is already history: Price checks out the 87 at the end via the D5 and takes the lead into the first break. Annoying for van Barneveld, who even scores a little better.
21:53
Everything in order
Again Price hits from behind. Although he feels a little worse than RvB in the match, he shows himself ice cold on the doubles. 2-1 for the Welshman.
21:51
First leg for RvB
In the second leg, van Barneveld does a little better. The Dutchman scores well and even has a shot at the D20 with 160 points, but misses it. Because Price is not yet in the finish area, he has no trouble taking his chance afterwards.
21:49
Here we go
Price opens the match with his own throw. But Barney sets the first highlight: His first three arrows land in the T20. Nevertheless, the Welshman secured the first leg with an 84 checkout.
21:44
The mood is boiling
RvB walks in, shortly afterwards the walk-in music for Price plays. It can start at any moment.
21:42
Price vs van Barneveld – wasn’t there something?
The duel between the Welsh favorite and the Dutch veteran has already taken place twice on the big stage this year. At the Grand Slam of Darts, the two superstars faced each other in both the group stage and the quarter-finals – and Barney won both times. He won the first match by a hair’s breadth (5:4), the second by three legs (16:13). Is the man from The Hague a foe for Gezzy? Or can the 37-year-old turn things around today?
21:40
Good performance despite food poisoning
On the other hand, van Barneveld is an absolute crowd pleaser. Barney was able – also after initial difficulties – to take Englishman Ryan Meikle out of the tournament in four sets (3:1). Exciting: After the game, he explained that he had caught food poisoning the day before because he ate something wrong with his manager. But now he is in the third round of the Darts World Championship for the first time since 2018, and it is clear that the 55-year-old wants more.
21:37
Slightly swaying
Price couldn’t really inspire in his opening game against Luke Woodhouse. Not only did he hand in the first sentence, but after that he only slowly found his form. In the second set it was about the decider – and the Iceman secured it to equalize. The former rugby player was then able to improve and also claw the next two rounds (final result: 3:1). Against RvB he absolutely has to unpack his A-game today, otherwise the air against the in-form Dutchman could get thin.
21:32
Good evening!
Hello and welcome to the second game of the evening session at the Darts World Cup 2023! Here and now there is a real smashing match: Gerwyn Price, the 2021 World Champion and current number one in the world, meets Raymond van Barneveld. After the showdown between Jim Williams and Gabriel Clemens, the throw-off begins.