Price on Wales being favourites for World Cup of Darts glory: "There's a lot more expectation and pressure"

Gerwyn Price will take to the oche later today alongside Jonny Clayton for Wales as they take on Russia in their World Cup of Darts opener.

Price and Clayton have never claimed the title but due to current form, they sit at 3/1 with tournament sponsors BetVictor and 'The Iceman' admits the expectation has changed for the team.

In terms of their first round opponents, he added that he knows Koltsov is a good player and while not knowing much about his team mate, Aleksei Kadochnikov, he expects to win if they play their game.

"It's a great honour to represent Wales again," said Price, ahead of their opener with Russia on Friday. "Jonny is coming into some good form at the right time of year and I've been playing well recently.

"In other tournaments, if I lose I disappoint myself more than anything, but this time there's a lot more expectation and pressure I think. Hopefully we can both play well together, do Wales proud and bring the trophy home.

"Mark Webster keeps reminding Jonny that me, Barrie Bates and Mark have all played in World Cup finals and he hasn't, so hopefully we can get there this time and if we could win it then Jonny can turn the tables."

"Boris Koltsov is a good player and I don't know too much about his team-mate, but me and Jonny should have enough in hand to deal with them, and if we concentrate on our own game I think we'll be alright."