Gibraltar Darts Trophy
A relentless Gerwyn Price adds the Gibraltar Darts Trophy to his honours.
Gerwyn Price completed a European Tour double with a fine success in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, emphatically defeating Mensur Suljovic 8-0 in Sunday’s final.
The World Champion had taken victory in the Hungarian Darts Trophy earlier this month, and sealed the £25,000 title in the year’s second – and final – European Tour event.
Price performed superbly throughout the weekend, following up Saturday’s second round win over Florian Hempel with a 102 average in his last 16 defeat of Damon Heta.
He improved on that to defy Michael van Gerwen’s 105 average in a thrilling quarter-final which went to a deciding leg, before seeing off Nathan Aspinall 7-3 in the semi-finals.
The final proved a one-sided affair, with Suljovic’s missed doubles in the opening two legs giving Price the opportunity to move 2-0 up.
A 70 finish gave Price the third leg, and he posted tops and double ten to claim a five-leg lead before accelerating to the winning line with legs of 11, 12 and 12 darts – finishing 94, 95 and 82 in the process of completing a fifth European Tour triumph.
Sunday September 26th
QUARTER-FINALS (11)
983.400 Simon Whitlock 6-4 Brendan Dolan (84.20)
(87.73) Krzysztof Ratajski 2-6 Mensur Suljovic (86.51)
(103.61) Gerwyn Price 6-5 Michael van Gerwen (105.02)
(91.37) James Wade 2-6 Nathan Aspinall (98.97)
SEMI-FINALS (13)
(85.92) Simon Whitlock 5-7 Mensur Suljovic (96.70)
(100.83) Gerwyn Price 7-3 Nathan Aspinall (101.04)
FINAL (15)
(88.47) Mensur Suljovic 0-8 Gerwyn Price (105.47)
Prize Fund :
Winner – £25,000
Runner-up – £10,000
Semi-Finalists – £6,500
Quarter-Finalists – £5,000
Last 16 – £3,000
Last 32 – £2,000
Last 48 – £1,000
Total – £140,000
Results:
FIRST ROUND (11)
(85.86) Andreas Harrysson 6-3 Keane Barry (89.21)
(93.66) Martijn Kleermaker 5-6 Joe Murnan (84.62)
(89.29) Adam Hunt 6-0 Geert Nentjes (85.85)
(79.13) Justin Broton 1-6 Adam Smith-Neale (93.88)
(85.13) Ryan Murray 5-6 Ted Evetts (82.53)
(85.05) Patrik Kovacs 4-6 Rob Cross (90.85)
(90.72) John Henderson 2-6 Boris Krcmar (97.78)
(94.93) Mervyn King 6-0 Craig Galliano (79.50)
(86.80) Stephen Bunting 5-6 Florian Hempel (94.46)
(72.48) Dyson Parody 4-6 Kenny Neyens (71.21)
(96.34) Ryan Searle 6-5 Martin Schindler (95.45)
(89.09) Wayne Jones 1-6 Simon Whitlock (96.66)
(92.23) Boris Koltsov 2-6 Kim Huybrechts (105.08)
(103.77) Callan Rydz 6-1 Justin Hewitt (87.55)
(91.36) Ritchie Edhouse 6-4 Steve Beaton (83.93)
(94.63) Luke Humphries 4-6 Gabriel Clemens (92.92)
SECOND ROUND (11)
(91.99) Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-6 Ted Evetts (91.07)
(92.50) Brendan Dolan 6-1 Mervyn King (89.64)
(94.76) Danny Noppert 6-1 Andreas Harrysson (85.39)
(92.39) Damon Heta 6-2 Adam Hunt (84.13)
(88.24) Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Kim Huybrechts (92.91)
(92.04) Michael Smith 2-6 Simon Whitlock (91.81)
(95.89) James Wade 6-5 Boris Krcmar (93.60)
(90.17) Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Ryan Searle (90.00)
(94.89) Jonny Clayton 4-6 Adam Smith-Neale (86.65)
(92.02) Jose de Sousa 6-0 Kenny Neyens (75.18)
(86.45) Devon Petersen 3-6 Gabriel Clemens (88.83)
(108.19) Peter Wright 3-6 Callan Rydz (110.72)
(97.14) Gerwyn Price 6-1 Florian Hempel (84.93)
(100.17) Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Rob Cross (92.70)
(88.36) Joe Cullen 6-1 Joe Murnan (79.09)
(102.55) Nathan Aspinall 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse (89.86)
THIRD ROUND (11)
(95.72) Simon Whitlock 6-4 Ted Evetts (85.78)
(92.97) Callan Rydz 1-6 Brendan Dolan (97.78)
(91.18) Adam Smith-Neale 2-6 Krzysztof Ratajski (88.85)
(89.39) Jose De Sousa 1-6 Mensur Suljovic (101.03)
(102.02) Gerwyn Price 6-3 Damon Heta (96.94)
(102.82) Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Danny Noppert (102.52)
(99.96) James Wade 6-3 Gabriel Clemens (87.44)
(104.42) Joe Cullen 4-6 Nathan Aspinall (107.48)