Nieuwlaat sees Price as favourite to win World Grand Prix: "If his doubles flow, he is very dangerous"

The World Grand Prix starts on Tuesday at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen for the past two years but Jacques Nieuwlaat sees Gerwyn Price as the favourite this time around.

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"Van Gerwen has absolutely not been lucky with the draw. In the first round he immediately meets Pole Krzysztof Ratajski and he has been doing very well in recent years. If he wins that match, he will probably have to take on Devon Petersen, who just won the German Darts Championship. If Michael gets through those two matches, anything is possible, we have seen enough in the past ", Nieuwlaat said at RTL 7.

"I think this will be a very open tournament, if I have to name someone as the top favourite, it would be Gerwyn Price", Nieuwlaat continues. "If his doubles flow, he is very dangerous. In the first round he will compete against Jermaine Wattimena and yet I do not think that the Dutchman has any chance. Despite that, in the first round there are only two winning sets and there are traditionally many surprises. "