Gerwyn Price advanced to the second round of the World Darts Championship with a 3-0 win over Adam Gawlas of the Czech Republic.
Price, the 2021 world champion, lost just two legs while playing some of his best darts so far in this year’s tournament, but there is still room for improvement in doubles as well.
The Welshman will face Netherlands’ Wesley Plaisier in the second round on Sunday and, if the pair get past their respective draws, he will face Luke Littler in the quarter-finals.
“I thought I played pretty good in that game, other than giving up two legs, I thought I was okay,” Price said. sky sports darts.
“I needed to improve to win this tournament, but I was okay in my first round match. The first round is always difficult, but playing someone like Adam, with the pace, it’s hard work to get the pace, get the rhythm, get the flow into the game.”
Price outscored Gawlas, who was playing in his second World Darts Championship, with 13 darts and 12 darters en route to clinching the opening set.
He teased nine darts at the start of the second set, but lost his leg after missing six darts at a double, and was broken by Gawlas after missing more doubles.
But Price turned the afterburner back on by winning the next three legs to win the set by a checkout of 120 and the final set with a second checkout of 120 to make it six legs in a row.
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Gerwyn Price shot a brilliant 120 in his first round match against Adam Gawlas at the World Darts Championship.
sixth seed Danny Noffert The dark horse of the tournament but was pushed aside by Dutch compatriot Jurjen van der Velde, who brought spray to ward off the Alexandra Palace wasps.
However, the Wasps emerged in the second set when Van der Velde actually won to level the match before Noppert won a tight third set to secure a 3-1 win.
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Jurjen van der Velde is the latest player to try to stop Ally Pally wasps by using spray before his match against Danny Noppert.
german Ricardo Pietrecko He also won a close match against Portugal’s Jose de Sousa by the same score. Three of the four sets came down to decisive moments, with Pietreczko leading in two of them before winning the final.
Australian Joe Comito He achieved his first win at the World Darts Championship with a 3-1 victory over Germany’s Niko Springer.
Dobey gets through safely while Soutar survives the great horror.
Alan Sutar He missed an incredible 15 darts but eventually got over the line at double 16 against Teemu Harju in a penalty shoot-out.
The Scottish firefighter, who is currently training for the London Marathon, dominated the opening two sets but allowed his opponent back for the first sudden-death decider of the tournament.
‘Soots’ had a great contest, scoring an average of 91, 9 of 180, and a high of 130. John Part’s record of 18 match dart misses against Andy Hamilton in the 2013 Players Championship final remains intact.
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The Ally Pally Wasp made another appearance as he landed on Teemu Harju’s leash on day six of the World Darts Championship.
It wasn’t a Hollywood exhibition, but Chris Dovey Last year’s semifinalist cruised to a 3-1 win over Xiaochen Zong with the help of six 180s. Dobey’s win means he will face ‘Goldfinger’ Andrew Gilding in the second round.
scott williams He returned to his best form on the World Championship stage, beating a tough opponent in Paolo Nebrida to win 3-0.
The 2024 semi-finalist struggled with his pitching in the early part of the season, but looks back at the best of his flow with an average of 99.25, 180 no-looks, 25 exhibitions, 25 no-look doubles and 16 finishes. Williams cruised to a sublime victory in trademark style, hitting 18 with two doubles and 92 outs.
‘Happy Feet’ justin hood They wasted little time in dispatching Nick Kenny in straight sets, passing the average north of 99.
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Here’s a look at Scott Williams’ best first-round performance at the World 2026 Darts Championship against Paolo Nebrida.
What’s next?
Day 7 of the World Darts Championship on Wednesday will see just one session broadcast live on Sky Sports Darts from 7pm.
We’ll see Canada’s Matt Campbell open the action against America’s Adam Seveda, while Raymond van Barneveld takes on Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont.
‘The Machine’ James Wade takes on Japan’s Ryusei Azemoto, while Germany’s Martin Schindler finishes with Britain’s Stephen Burton.
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