Gerwyn Price retained his International Darts Open title, beating on Rob Cross 8-6 in a thrilling final.
This past Year the Iceman claimed his maiden European Tour title in Reisa and he returned to help keep his hands on the prize with a run that culminating at a classy closing against Voltage
Cost whose two titles this season arrived with a Players Championship twice in February, started his weekend’s work on Saturday with a 6-4 win on Kyle Anderson and on Sunday the identical scoreline accounted for Joe Murnan and then a quarter-final win over UK Open winner Nathan Aspinall, who had headed 4-2.
He produced his best screen in the semi-finals against Glen Durrant, yanking clear to take a victory and seven rebounds from 13 attempts, such as a 144 checkout, as he transferred to the decider.
The Welshman secured the prize title in a that watched Cross, who also beat Peter Wright, Joe Cullen, Richard North and John Henderson into the closing, enjoy the better of the early stages.
A 12-dart fracture of throw saw Voltage in front and a sensational 148 checkout saw 4-2 moves up. The Iceman’s 121 got him back inside a leg only for Cross to border clear again before Cost awakened in style.
A few clutch third-dart doubling saw him take the following three legs to maneuver 6-5 up, penalizing three misses. Voltage recovered to level but Cost followed a 177 with an 88 end to border up 7-6 prior to shooting 108 on shirts out to ensure the title.
“It is the first time that I’ve defended a title, so I’m over the moon,” said Price, who can defend his Grand Slam of Darts name in November.
“Every match is similar to that [closing ] for me today and once I play with people like Glen along with the very best players in the world like Rob, it’s never going to be easy. I am delighted to have over the winning line.
“I had three weeks away and after the break, I was not very confident – I changed my darts, had a new set of darts and it seemed to work for me personally.
“I usually start pretty nicely at the start of the season and then cut off, hopefully that is a bit different this year. After winning this , I confident today.
“Maybe [I’ll possess ] a weekend following week after which I can look forward to Gibraltar and the rest of the year.”
Phil Taylor, Rod Studd and Fallon Sherrock joined the Darts Show podcast this week to talk tungsten, and Taylor suggested that 13-year-old Leighton Bennett ought to be a part of the Grand Slam line-up.
Rod Studd pondered the schedule and considers the Finest from the game Might Need to look to tennis and golf’s best professionals to manage the load and then target the biggest prizes
Women’s world No 4 Fallon Sherrock is targeting a place at Alexandra Palace and the World Championship after a season of near misses, although our resident winner Colin Lloyd believes the recent name of Joe Cullen can view him kick on
It’s not long to wait till darts is back on Sky Sports, the World Grand Prix gets underway on Sunday, October 6 at Dublin’s Citywest Arena and seven times of policy continues until the closing on Saturday.

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