Gerwyn Price secured the title at the Darts World Cup for the first time.
His opponent Gary Anderson could only benefit briefly from the Welshman's nervous flutter.
On Sunday evening,
the new champion was determined
at the
Darts World Cup 2021
.
In the
final
,
Gerwyn Price
prevailed against
Gary Anderson
.
For the
"Iceman"
it is the first
world championship title of
his career.
Gerwyn Price
is
darts world champion
for the first time in his career
.
He
played
a strong game
against
Gary Anderson
in the
final
in
London
.
The Welshman showed a lot of light, but also shadow.
When the score was 5: 1 in sets,
nerves fluttered
and let
Anderson
sniff something again.
But because the Scot could not deliver his best game, it was ultimately enough to an undisputed 7: 3 victory.
Darts World Cup: Gerwyn Price deserves the title of world champion
Price
, who was a former rugby professional, played a strong three-dart average of 100 points.
His checkout rate was almost 47 percent despite a temporary dry spell.
That's fabulous in a game over such a long distance.
In addition, the 35-year-old threw the highest value of 180 points 13 times.
Price
collects 500,000 pounds of prize money and displaces permanent guest
Michael van Gerwen
from the top of the world rankings.
Anderson - Price 3: 7, 2: 3:
What a last leg.
Price
awards match darts again.
But because
Anderson is
desperate at double 20 and can't check out double 10 either, the Welshman gets another chance.
And then he uses it.
With his twelfth match dart on the double 5, the "Iceman" is crowned
world champion
for the first time
.
🏴 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗪𝗬𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡!
🏆
Gerwyn Price fulfills his destiny, reaching the pinnacle of world darts as he is crowned world number one and World Champion.
Congratulations, Gerwyn 👏 pic.twitter.com/5VXLt6zkIp
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2021
Anderson - Price 3: 6, 2: 2:
Now
Anderson
has problems with the doubles again and
Price
immediately senses
his chance.
The Welshman makes it exciting again.
Anderson - Price 3: 6, 2: 0: Price
no longer hits doubles.
That gives
Anderson
opportunities.
Is he actually coming back again?
Anderson - Price 3: 6, 1: 0:
Has it now
clicked
at
Anderson
?
Leg one goes clearly to the bulkhead.
Darts World Cup final: Price awards nine match darts - Anderson shortened
Anderson - Price 3: 6, 3: 2:
Oh dear.
Is
Price
getting
nervous now?
He messes up nine match darts and
Anderson
can shorten it again.
Anderson - Price 2: 6, 1: 2:
Dramatic!
Price
awards two match darts and
Anderson
shortens.
Anderson - Price 2: 6, 0: 2:
That's bitter:
Anderson
can't make up 5 points,
Price
pulls away with his 21st dart to 2-0 in legs.
+
Gary Anderson's rearing up in the final of the Darts World Cup came too late.
© imago images / Shane Healey
Anderson - Price 2: 6, 0: 1: Price
now wants victory.
Anderson
has bad luck with a bouncer, Price breaks.
Anderson - Price 2: 6, 2: 3:
When it comes down to it, he's freezing again, the "Iceman".
At first,
Price
fails to check 96.
But because
Anderson is
not in the finish area, he gets another chance.
Ultimately, he uses this and expands his leadership.
Anderson - Price 2: 5, 2: 2:
In the fourth leg,
Anderson is
lucky that
Price
missed the big 16.
He brings the leg equalization on the double 1.
Anderson - Price 2: 5, 1: 2:
It seems like
Anderson is
approaching his level with small steps.
But that's not enough for doubles.
Price
says thank you.
Anderson - Price 2: 5, 0: 1: Anderson
struggles against the defeat, throws a 180. But
Price
brings his throw-off leg through and takes the lead.
Darts World Cup final: Anderson's sign of life - Schotte takes advantage of Price's double weakness
Anderson - Price 2: 5, 3: 2:
Is there still something going on for the double world champion?
Anderson
needs 17 darts, but gets the seventh set and shortens it to 2: 5.
Anderson - Price 1: 5, 2: 2: Anderson
uses a short period of weakness from
Price
to double and equalizes in legs.
Anderson - Price 1: 5, 1: 2:
The first time double trouble in the game in which
Price's
double rate
suffers.
Ultimately,
Anderson took
a pity and cut short.
Anderson - Price 1: 5, 0: 2: Price
remains merciless.
The Welshman is playing himself into a frenzy.
He hits what he wants, similar to Chisnall against van Gerwen in the quarter-finals.
This is actually 𝙍𝙄𝘿𝙄𝘾𝙐𝙇𝙊𝙐𝙎 from Gerwyn Price!
He is 13/13 on tops now as he moves 2-0 up in the sixth set, leading 5-1 overall.
pic.twitter.com/DtzUCOsGhP
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2021
Anderson - Price 1: 5, 0: 3:
That went way too fast.
In the sixth set,
Price Anderson
whitewashed.
In the third leg, the "Iceman" just barely missed the nine-darter.
Anderson can't counter.
Darts World Cup final: Price rolls over Anderson - 4: 1 in sets
Anderson - Price 1: 4, 1: 3: Anderson
shortened, but
Price
finished the fifth set with a hit on double-20.
Price
has phenomenal double odds.
Anderson - Price 1: 3, 0: 2: Price
goes on happily.
The Scot just has nothing to oppose.
Anderson - Price 1: 3, 1: 3: Anderson
has problems.
Price
takes advantage of this mercilessly.
The next two legs go to the Welshman.
Means: 3: 1 in sentences.
Anderson - Price 1: 2, 1: 1: Price
is in full swing.
In the third set he plays the best average of the tournament.
In the fourth set he gets his throw-off leg,
Anderson
equalizes.
Anderson - Price 1: 2, 1: 3:
Wow.
Anderson
checks 170. It's the highest possible finish.
Price
wins the next leg
to make it 2-1 in sets.
Anderson - Price 1: 1, 0: 2:
The "Iceman" accelerates.
Leg two goes to him too.
With the three-dart average, he has now cracked the 100 mark.
Anderson - Price 1: 1, 0: 1: Price
has a run on the double-20 and breaks
Anderson
right
away
.
In the semifinals he was still at war with the field.
Darts World Cup final: Gary Anderson counters set loss immediately
Anderson - Price 1: 1, 3: 1: Price
awards two
darts
on the double eight.
Anderson
punished this immediately and equalized in sentences.
This time the Scot took off his throw-off sentence.
𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗧!
Well and truly game on here at Alexandra Palace as Gary Anderson wins three legs on the spin to clinch the second set!
pic.twitter.com/GXEcfd19h8
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2021
Anderson - Price 0: 1, 2: 1:
"The Flying Scotsman" immediately followed up with a break.
Strong phase straight from
Anderson.
Anderson - Price 0: 1, 1: 1:
Very strong!
Anderson
checks 128 points and equalizes.
It's the first high finish in the lot.
Anderson - Price 0: 1, 0: 1: Price
starts confidently in the second set.
With a hit on the double-20, he leads 1-0 in legs.
Darts World Cup final: Gerwyn Price buttons Gary Anderson throwing sentence
Anderson - Price 2: 3:
And
Price
gets the first set.
Anderson
let the "Iceman" come back into play unnecessarily.
With another break,
Price
makes
the sentence clear.
Anderson - Price 2: 2: Price
comes into play better and better.
Leg four goes to the Welshman.
The decider is needed.
Anderson - Price 2-1: Anderson
misses four chances to win the set.
Price
is there and does the re-break.
Anderson - Price 2: 0:
First upset of the game:
Anderson
uses his first break opportunity to make it 2-0 in legs.
Anderson - Price 1-0:
The Scot brings his leg through.
The second litter sits on a double.
Anderson - Price 0-0: Anderson
begins.
So the Scot won the bullet in advance.
Anderson - Price 0-0:
It starts.
First
Anderson
comes
on stage, then
Price
follows
.
Now the players throw themselves in.
Anderson - Price 0-0:
I delayed the start a little.
We are eagerly waiting for the opponents.
Update from January 3, 8:40 p.m.: Anderson
cleared Michael van Gerwen conqueror Dave Chisnall in the semifinals,
Price
defeated Stephen Bunting.
The Welshman shone against the Englishman with many high finishes.
Both played a similar tournament average of 97,
Price
had a slightly better checkout rate so far.
We can look forward to a hopefully exciting game.
Update from January 3, 8:20 p.m .:
Welcome, dear darts friends.
The
World Cup final
is imminent.
The
PDC
has terminated the start-up for 8.40 p.m.
There is still some time to look at the process.
The game is played according to the best-of-13-sets mode.
The winner is whoever wins seven sets first.
To get a set you have to win three legs.
In contrast to previous
world championships
, you don't have to win the all-important set by two legs.
At 2: 2 it would be an absolute thriller.
The decider would decide whether to win or lose.
Update from January 3, 7.43 p.m.:
Today's
Darts World Cup final
is not only about fame and honor, but also about a lot of money.
The winner will receive 500,000 British pounds, which corresponds to around 563,000 euros.
The runner-up will get £ 200,000.
Expect fireworks ... 1930 GMT pic.twitter.com/nD4dcTEFEt
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2021
Now
Gary Anderson
and
Gerwyn Price
should
just be bulling out in the practice room.
The player who throws closer to the bullseye starts the game.
He would start in the all-important leg too, which is a huge advantage.
Darts World Cup final: Gary Anderson leads in direct duels, Gerwyn Price in the bookmakers
Update from January 3, 6.47 p.m.:
Less than two hours and the
darts highlight of
the season goes into the ultimate decision.
Gary Anderson
challenges
Gerwyn Price
.
The two have met 15 times so far.
The Scot has won eight times, and the "Iceman" has won seven.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱
Price has been the form player of 2020 and edges the tournament stats here, but Gary has got all the experience of this stage
This should be good 🔥 pic.twitter.com/egQTATBi66
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2021
For today's game, the bookmakers see
Price as
slightly favored.
First report from January 3, 2021, 6.15 p.m.:
London - At the
Darts World Cup 2021
there
will be
the ultimate showdown in the evening after almost three weeks.
From 8.30 p.m.
Gerwyn Price
and
Gary Anderson will
meet
in the
final of
the most important
darts
tournament in the world
.
The number three in the world is playing against the number 13. We follow the final here in the
live ticker
.
For the former rugby professional
Price
it is the first ever
World Cup final
.
Last year the Welshman lost in the semifinals to eventual world champion Peter Wright.
His opponent
Anderson
, however, is an old hand.
The Scot has already won the coveted Sid Waddell Trophy twice, in 2015 and 2016. In addition, "The Flying Scotsman" made it to the
finals of
the
Darts World Cup in
2011 and 2017
.
The final in London's “Ally Pally” also has to take place without fans *.
Spectators were only allowed on day one.
Darts World Cup final: game between Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson brings back memories
Price
against
Anderson
is not just any duel.
One game between the two went down as the ugliest in
darts history
.
The 2018 Grand Slam of Darts final was full of provocations, unfair gestures and skirmishes.
When the muscleman
Price
cheered
demonstratively in front of
Anderson
, the Scot let himself be carried away to a push.
🗣 "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁!"
Hear from Gary Anderson after he sealed his spot in tomorrow night's World Darts Championship final after a 6-3 win over Dave Chisnall ... pic.twitter.com/vV8wxFznfw
- PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 2, 2021
"The Flying Scotsman" finally gave up the game after a comfortable lead.
But that's not all.
After the match,
Anderson Price
refused
to shake hands, and in the interview the Welshman mocked his defeated opponent.
At the Darts World Cup 2021 *,
Anderson
has the opportunity to take revenge.
Darts World Cup: Gerwan Price for the first time number one in the world when he wins the final against Gary Anderson
If
Price wins
the
final
, he will move to number one in the world for the first time in his career and would also displace Michael van Gerwen *.
The Dutchman, who received a 0: 5 rub-off against Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals, has been at the top of the PDC Order of Merit since January 2014.
With the final duel for the
darts
crown, an eventful
World Cup
comes to an
end.
What kind of dramas haven't there been.
Gabriel Clemens was eliminated in the round of 16 after a nerve crime thriller against Krzystof Ratajski *.
James Wade had to
pack his bags
despite the only nine-darters at this
World Cup
against Stephen Bunting and Danny Baggish cried like a castle dog after his success against Adrian Lewis * in the second round because of a family drama.
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