Boylesports World Grand Prix Final Preview
Boylesports World Grand Prix Final Preview.
We’re now down to two left to compete for the World Grand Prix trophy. Tonight’s final sees Wales World Cup partners Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price meet in their first PDC Televised final. After winning the title in 2020, Gerwyn Price will be looking to get the better of Clayton on stage again.
Route to the final – Price
Gerwyn Price World Grand Prix defence started with a potential difficult first round tie against Michael Smith. Gerwyn Price came flying out the blocks on night one to defeat Bully Boy 2-0 with a 100.82 average.
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The Iceman dropped his first of the game in the second round in a tie against Mervyn King. The Iceman showed in this game why he’s one of, if not the best top’s hitter in the game with a dominant 3-1 against Mervyn.
The talking point of the Quarter Final wasn’t the darts that were thrown but the post match comments from the Welshman. After defeating Dave Chisnall 3-0 Price blasts the crowd on stage; “The crowd were a bit rubbish again. The crowd are absolutely pathetic but I won”
With the win over Chisnall, Price had set up a Semi Final tie with Stephen Bunting. The knock on effect from these comments played a part in the early stages of the semi final.
Gerwyn Price was 2-0 behind in sets and looked like the booing had finally had an impact on the Welshman. After an extended break we saw the Welshman show why he’s the current World Number One and World Champion as he reeled off four straight sets to book his place into the final.
Round one – Michael Smith 2-0
Round two – Mervyn King 3-1
Quarter Final – Dave Chisnall 3-0
Semi Final – Stephen Bunting 4-2
Route to the final – Clayton
Jonny Clayton road to the final started with a first round tie against the inform Geordie Callan Rydz. Jonny put in a solid performance to ease to a 2-0 victory and set up the tie of the second round a game against Jose de Sousa.
The second round didn’t start as planned for Clayton being broken in the first set however, Jonny broke straight back in set two before winning the next two sets to knock out The Special One.
Clayton’s toughest game came in the quarter final against The Polish Eagle. Krzysztof Ratajski edged in front of Clayton being 2-1 up in sets after Clayton missed a chance to have the lead. Clayton used this knockback as motivate and reeled off six of the next seven legs to win this game 3-2.
The Ferret looked like he had a tough tie against the performer of the week so far Danny Noppert. After the early stages saw three breaks of throw in the first three sets give Jonny a 2-1 lead. Set four which went to the final leg was the key leg of the game with Jonny able to hold and move just won away.
Jonny Clayton eased to victory in the final set winning all three legs to set up the dream Final for all the Welsh fans.
Round one – Callan Rydz 2-0
Round two – Jose de Sousa 3-1
Quarter Final – Krzysztof Ratajski 3-2
Semi Final – Danny Noppert 4-1
Who will come out on top in Leicester?
Gerwyn Price will be looking to be only the third person to defend a World Grand Prix title. The Welshman has had a mixed year at TV events this year which also including him missing out at this year’s Premier League due to a positive Covid-19 test. The defending champion will know he’s got the better head to head record against his fellow Welshman including a convincing 11-3 win in Blackpool a number of months ago, with this on his mind he will know he can lift the trophy again
What a year it’s been for The Ferret. After winning the World Cup with Price at the end of 2020, Jonny used that win to push on and picked up The Masters in February and book his place in the Premier League. Making his first appearance in the full Premier League Jonny went on to lift the trophy defeat Jose de Sousa in the final. The Ferret will believe he can finally get the better of Gerwyn in what is going to be a great final
Match odds
Gerwyn Price 8/13
Jonny Clayton 13/10
BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final schedule of play
Saturday 9 October (20:30 BST)
Final
Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton
How can I follow the BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final?
The BoyleSports World Grand Prix will be live on Sky Sports in the UK. You can watch it outside the UK via the PDC’s broadcast partners, such as RTL or DAZN.
You can also live stream the event. Find out more here.
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