With his best performance so far, world champion Gerwyn Price has reached the quarter-finals of the Darts World Cup.
The 36-year-old Welshman beat the Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode 4-1 and showed a strong performance after a 0-1 deficit.
Defending champion Price had some problems in the two previous games against the Englishman Ritchie Edhouse (3: 1) and Belgium’s Kim Huybrechts (4: 3) and was now acting sovereign and dominant for the first time.
Van Duijvenbode, who is known by the nickname “Aubergine King” because of his job on an aubergine farm, missed making the quarter-finals of the World Cup as last year.
The top-seeded price is considered a big tournament favorite and will now face the winner of the game Jonny Clayton (Wales) against Michael Smith (England) in the round of the last eight on New Years.
Gerwyn Price open to canceling the Darts World Cup
Price had spoken out in favor of canceling the title fights because of the numerous corona cases at the World Cup. “The tournament should be postponed,” Price wrote on Instagram. While this is probably not the best option, “it is an option that I would agree with”.
The PDC has so far not announced anything in this direction.
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