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Markham’s Gerwyn Price got his New Zealand Darts Masters campaign off to a winning start after beating Ben Robb 6-3 in the opening round.
It sets up a quarter-final clash with two-time world champion Peter Wright on Saturday August 17.
2021 world champion Price, who went into the competition, in Hamilton, off the back of an Australian Darts Masters win, drew first blood with a brace of ton-plus checkouts against Robb, before producing a ten-dart leg on his way to victory.
“I slipped up early on and then Ben started playing with freedom,” conceded Price, who averaged 96 and registered five 180s.
“Ben could have probably gone 4-3 up, but thankfully I took that leg and I didn’t look back after that.
“I’m feeling a lot more confident now. Even in practice I feel like the dart is leaving my hand better, and that hasn’t happened over the last couple of months, so I’m in a good place.”
Price won the New Zealand Darts Masters in 2022, and reached the semi-finals in 2023.
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