World Number One Gerwyn Price seals second ProTour title of 2022, wins Players Championship 29 with win over Van Veen

Friday, 04 November 2022 at 18:25

After an early exit from the European Championship and claiming the World Number One spot by default due to ranking money dropping, Gerwyn Price sent a statement by claiming Players Championship 29 in Barnsley defeating Gian van Veen 8-4 in the final with a 102 average.

Five titles so far this year for 'The Iceman' with only his second ProTour title of the season and a return to the winners' circle on the floor that will give him a real confidence boost.

Especially against Van Veen who reached his maiden final but came up short as a non Tour Card holder who has only played eight tournaments and will take solace from having reached his maiden PDC ranking final albeit in a losing effort to Price.

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Van Veen missed 160 for a hold but hit a superb double five on return with Price frustrated after missing the second double 20 for a 100 checkout.

A 72 checkout was pinned by Price to level up with Van Veen waiting to break. A 180 and 92 setup saw Van Veen pin 48 to hold at 2-1 up.

Both hit 180’s back to back but Price left 61 on his albeit messing up. But Van Veen was only able to make a dent in 161 and Price hit double four for 2-2.

Sat at a near 105 average, Van Veen though missed 63 in his first slip to hold allowing Price to hit 79 to break at 3-2.

Van Veen missed 164 on the bull but Price didn’t rescue 78 and the Dutch ace was given a lifeline which he didn’t seal which allowed the World Number One a shot at double 20 to go 4-2 up.

The hopes of Van Veen were further dented with a 115 checkout from Price to break again at 5-2 up. His dominance continued as he went 6-2 up and headed two away from the finish.

Van Veen stopped the rot with a 60 checkout at 6-3 and looked for a comeback which was nearly shut down with Price missing double 12 for a 138 checkout and it was a superb 78 checkout to break at 6-4 down for the 20-year-old.

A 180 and 130 in a row saw Price left on 91 but he missed the chance for a 12-darter only to return with Van Veen unable to hit a second dart for 140 and it was double five for a 7-4 lead and this sealed his fate as Price claimed the win.

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Players Championship 29

Last 16

Jermaine Wattimena (98.70) 6 | 4 (90.97) Luke Woodhouse

Dave Chisnall (102.57) 6 | 2 (96.47) Joe Cullen

William O'Connor (99.82) 6 | 3 (91.45) Steve Lennon

Gian van Veen (94.40) 6 | 2 (88.35) Alan Soutar

Martin Schindler (98.40) 6 | 3 (97.94) Damon Heta

Gerwyn Price (93.46) 6 | 3 (82.17) Rowby Rodriguez

Rob Cross (96.69) 6 | 1 (91.56) Danny Jansen

Mike De Decker (95.86) 6 | 4 (91.46) Kim Huybrechts

Quarter-Finals

Dave Chisnall (115.57) 6 | 1 (95.72) Jermaine Wattimena

Gian van Veen (100.66) 6 | 2 (94.22) William O'Connor

Gerwyn Price (106.09) 6 | 0 (90.19) Martin Schindler

Mike De Decker (97.21) 6 | 4 (97.91) Rob Cross

Semi-Finals

Dave Chisnall (94.99) 3 | 7 (100.38) Gian van Veen

Gerwyn Price (95.85) 7 | 4 (95.57) Mike De Decker

Final

Gian van Veen (94.37) 4 | 8 (102.25) Gerwyn Price

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🏆 PRICE TAKES THE TITLE! 🏆 Gerwyn Price denies 20-year-old Gian van Veen a ProTour title as the world number one comes from behind to clinch an 8-4 success and the title at Players Championship 29!