Darts World Cup in the live ticker: Ex-champion causes trouble before the final
Created: 01/03/2022, 05:26 PM
Michael Smith (r.) Threw champion Gerwyn Price out of the tournament in the quarterfinals.
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Finale in the Ally Pally!
Who will get the title - "Snakebite" Peter Wright or "Bully Boy" Michael Smith?
Find out here in the live ticker.
Peter Wright - Michael Smith -: - (Monday, Jan 3, 2022, 9 p.m.)
Player / set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12th | 13th |
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Preliminary report: "Snakebite" Peter Wright tight favorite against "Bully Boy" Michael Smith
Munich / London - The darts world is looking forward to a high-class final: ex-world champion Peter Wright after a world-class performance and the irresistibly playing Michael Smith are in the final of the World Cup at the Ally Pally. Wright won the grandiose semi-finals of the former Scottish champions at London's Alexandra Palace against Gary Anderson 6: 4. From 9 p.m. on Monday he duels with the Englishman Smith, who knocked out his compatriot James Wade 6: 3.
There was excitement about the dethroned darts world champion Gerwyn Price: He made a suggestion that the World Cup will no longer always take place in London's Alexandra Palace in the future. One day after his 4-5 defeat by Smith, the 36-year-old Welshman wrote on Instagram: "It's only fair if the World Cup is played in every country." Ireland and, somewhat vaguely, also Europe. "Next year in Wales, please," demanded the world number one who took on a fan in the quarter-finals.
"The Machine" Smith is considered to be one of the best players who never made it to the final.
“I will win the World Cup.
Whether this year or in the next ten years.
I'll be world champion, 100 percent, ”Wade said before his fourth semi-final.
Smith, however,
subsequently
assured in the
Sport1
interview that he had only shown "70 to 75 percent" of his skills.
Wright's light favorite - Smith can close an old wound
The 31-year-old Smith can close an old wound on Monday evening: in 2019 he lost the World Cup final against Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands).
The winner of the final is whoever wins seven sets first.
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When the Darts World Championship was broadcast from the "Ally Pally", a lot went wrong on Thursday. The wrong images were displayed to viewers around the world.
