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In the duel with Michael Smith at the Darts World Cup, the perfect game was achieved. Still, Price’s dream of the title is over. The game was spectacular, after the bankruptcy he was pissed off.
He lost the high-class duel with the English world-class player Michael Smith but just 4: 5.
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For the former rugby professional from Wales, the premature end at Alexandra Palace is a bitter disappointment, after all, he had aimed to defend his title and announced it with offensive words.
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Gerwyn Price fails at the Darts World Cup in the quarter-finals.
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The game was extremely dramatic.
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He set a World Cup record and felt betrayed after the bankruptcy.
World champion Gerwyn Price from Wales was eliminated from the most important tournament in the world. And that after an insane game.
The 36-year-old world number one managed a so-called nine-darter (nine throws from 501 to zero points) in the quarter-finals against Michael Smith on Saturday evening, but then lost the high-class duel with the English world-class player just 4: 5. After William Borland and Darius Labanauskas, Price was the third player in the Ally Pally to score a nine-darter at the World Cup. Never before have there been so many nine-darters at the most important tournament in the world – world championship record! It was also the first for the 36-year-old.
But that wasn’t all. There was also some excitement shortly before the end. At 0.07 am there was a strange scene on stage during the game. Price stopped his game. What happened? Apparently, several fans bothered him. Price pointed to the troublemakers and asked them to stop. After consultation with caller Georg Noble, they had to leave the hall. «Someone in the audience called my name. It would have got me out too, ”Smith later said.
Price posted this post on Insta after the defeat.
Price with a cryptic Instagram post
The 36-year-old refrained from further large-scale analyzes. Instead, he wrote something cryptic after the 4-5 defeat by England’s Michael Smith on Sunday night on Instagram: “Cheats”, which means “cheat” in German, and added an emoji that shows a thumbs up . The message was obviously aimed at the fans who kept bothering the defending champion at Alexandra Palace.
The fact is: For the former rugby professional from Wales, who is unpopular with many fans, the premature exit at Alexandra Palace is a bitter disappointment, after all, he had aimed to defend his title and announced it with offensive words. Smith, on the other hand, will face compatriot James Wade in the semifinals on Sunday.
The former darts world champion Peter Wright has meanwhile also reached the semifinals at the World Cup in London after a few teething problems. The Scot, nicknamed “Snakebite”, won his quarter-finals on Saturday evening just 5: 4 against the English outsider Callan Rydz. The world champion will be announced on January 3rd.
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