Wade through to third UK Open final with dominant win over Price

Sunday, 07 March 2021 at 21:00

James Wade is through to the 2021 UK Open Final after seeing off Gerwyn Price in an 11-6 victory to begin the last session of action in Milton Keynes.

A brilliant opening session saw Wade set up a dominant win over the World Number One with a 97.6 average, seven 180's and 58% on the doubles. He will now face Michael van Gerwen or Luke Humphries shortly.

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It was one way traffic to begin the tie with first blood going the way of Wade followed by a break in an 81 checkout for a 12-darter.

He continued the one-way traffic with an 82 checkout for a 3-0 lead on the bull and broke again on double 19 with a 103.6 average and 80% on the doubles.

At the interval, he sat at 5-0 up with Price not yet playing anywhere near his best at this point with a 90 average.

Price finally stopped the rot when they returned but missed doubles were an issue as he missed one dart at tops to claim a break and Wade held.

'The Machine' pinned double 10 to break himself to make it 7-1 and send Price potentially to the point of no return.

But Price replied with a break back with an ironic celebration as he made it 7-2 ahead of the next interval.

He pegged it back to 7-3 and broke throw but a 82 checkout on the bull saw Wade hit back to break and go 8-4 up.

A hold on double five saw Wade go only two away at 9-4.

A last dart double eight saw a trademark roar from Price as he dodged a potential break to go one away.

Wade put one foot in a final going 10-5 up with a 100 checkout. Price kept it going at least in the short term with a 76 checkout to make it 10-6.

A 180 was pinned by Wade and he pinned a 79 checkout on double 20 to win after Price missed the chance to break.

2021 UK Open Schedule

Semi-Finals

James Wade (97.63) 11-6 (96.68) Gerwyn Price

Luke Humphries v Michael van Gerwen

Final

James Wade v Humphries/Van Gerwen

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𝗪𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 World Champion Gerwyn Price falls at the semi-final stage as James Wade blows him away with a dominant 11-6 victory! Who will he face? Up next 👉 Van Gerwen v Humphries