I'm back in Germany next weekend so hopefully they'll support me again!" "This weekend the crowd have been fantastic. It was a slow game - I had to dig in and grind out the win, and without this crowd behind me it's really difficult. "I played brilliant darts all weekend apart from the final.
"I'm happy to get the win," said Price, who draws level with Peter Wright on seven European Tour wins. Price took out 108 to force a deciding leg, and fired in a fourth 180 of the tie to pull clear before securing the title with a 12-darter. Three straight legs from Price saw him edge back ahead, and the pair were then locked at five-all when the world number four fired in seven perfect darts in an 11-darter to move 6-5 up.īack-to-back 13-darters saw Van Duijvenbode surge back in front, only for him to miss double 18 and double eight to claim his first European Tour title in leg 14. The final, though, proved Price's toughest test as he was forced to hit back from 3-1 and 7-6 down - surviving two missed match darts before taking glory.Īfter Price missed the bull to open up a 2-0 lead, Van Duijvenbode levelled, broke in leg three and then took out 81 on the bull to seize command. Price averaged over 100 for a fourth straight game as he dispatched Danny Noppert 7-4 in the semi-finals, before seeing off another Dutchman in Van Duijvenbode to claim the title. He then proved too strong for Michael van Gerwen with another stellar display to claim a 6-4 quarter-final win - claiming a third straight victory over the Dutch superstar. The Welshman had opened his challenge with a 109 average against Krzysztof Ratajski on Saturday, before bettering that display with a 110 mean score in a 6-2 defeat of World Champion Michael Smith in Sunday afternoon's third round. Price has won back-to-back Cazoo Premier League nights in Nottingham and Newcastle in the past two weeks, and swept aside the field at the Ostermann Arena in an outstanding weekend of darts.
Gerwyn Price scooped his seventh PDC European Tour title by continuing his brilliant form to win the Interwetten European Darts Open in Leverkusen on Sunday, seeing off Dirk van Duijvenbode 8-7 in a dramatic final.
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