Gerwyn Price has claimed a measure of revenge against his close friend, Jonny Clayton to reach the semi-finals of the Grand Slam of Darts.
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Price made sure that Clayton wouldn't add another major title to his collection and defeat him again like in the World Grand Prix final with a 16-12 win averaging 98 in the process in a high quality affair.
Price started the better of the duo going 4-1 up and storming into an early lead over Clayton.
He followed that up with going seven perfect darts into a nine-dart finish to head into a 5-1 lead from there.
Rare missed darts at double hampered Price as Clayton began to close the gap with a superb 126 checkout before making it 6-4 at the interval with Price only getting one more leg.
He brought himself to parity from there before Price smashed in a 110 checkout to edge back in front and looked to build his lead again. This he did as he let out huge roars of emotion en-route to go 10-8 up.
Clayton kicked off the requisite leg with six perfect legs but still lost it as Price took out 68 for a 11-8 lead.
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He surged ahead once more with a 77 checkout to make it 12-9 before Clayton dug deep once more to make it 12-12.
A pivotal moment saw Clayton miss one dart at double 20 and Price pinned the same target to make it 14-12 before consolidating his break to make it 15-12.
Before he closed it out 16-12 with Clayton unable to claim a 94 checkout and Price returned for double 20 and the victory.
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𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦!
What a game that was!
An incredible Quarter-Final as Gerwyn Price beats Jonny Clayton 16-12 to reach the last four.
Is he destined to win this title for a third time?