Van Barneveld was left shocked by heavy Price defeat: "I had started the World Championship with high expectations"

For Raymond van Barneveld, the past PDC World Championship ended in disappointment. The former world champion went down 4-0 against Gerwyn Price in the third round.

"I'm quite shocked by that heavy defeat," Van Barneveld opened to Viaplay. "The fact that I didn't play badly plays no role, after all, you don't get anything for that. Besides, I had won the last three matches against Price, I had started the World Championship with high expectations."

Afterwards, Van Barneveld gave no interviews. "That was not on purpose. I wanted to catch my breath quietly at the top of the hall, but the press officer didn't call me afterwards, it all went very quickly."

"The 'Van Barneveld 2.0' would normally have been there. On the other hand, I have my reservations about what to say there after such a defeat. I saw an interview of Danny Noppert after his defeat, he was scratching himself behind the ears the whole time, then I wondered if people wanted to see that."