Mardle believes Price using ear defenders shows 'frailty': "Obviously he is feeling the pressure and not feeling confident"

Wayne Mardle believes Gerwyn Price wearing ear defenders on the oche shows a 'frailty' and a lack of confidence as he went down to Gabriel Clemens at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Switching to the ear defenders, Mardle pointed out that it didn't make much difference and Clemens was still the better player.

“Gerwyn was toying with wearing ear defenders in earlier rounds, which shows there's a bit of frailty there. Obviously he is feeling the pressure and not feeling confident," he said on Sky Sports.

“When you put on these over-elaborate ear defenders, you are doing it for the crowd – you are saying 'This is me saying to you: Just shut up, keep quiet, keep out of it.'

“But even with earplugs and ear-defenders, they were still booing him. It didn't make any difference. The bottom line is that Clemens was the better player, almost from start to finish, absolutely amazing.”