GERWYN PRICE dumped Luke Littler out of the Players Championship 2 before celebrating a rare title. The Iceman claimed his first ranking success since November 2023 by beating Chris Dobey 8-7 in the final in Wigan. He sank The Nuke 6-5 in the quarters. Price, 39, said: “I’m getting back to my best. Sometimes I roll over, have my belly tickled. “It is nice to get a win under my belt.”. Yet the Welshman's stats were well behind Dobey's.
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Price only notched a singe 180 and averaged 99.58, while the Englishman picked up three maximums on the way to an average of 101.83. There was a high for Beau Greaves, 21, as she won her first Pro Tour game against a top male as she beat Josh Rock. There Players Championship has 34 events this year, with the finals scheduled for November 21-23 at Minehead. Meanwhile, Littler has shrugged off his loss - revealing he will QUIT playing when his hunger to win fades.
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BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS. The 18-year-old told the Tops and Tales Darts Podcast: “Michael (van Gerwen) said this in a different interview – once the fire goes out your belly, there’s just no point in playing. “So if I say I’m going to continue playing darts for 30 years, well I could wake up tomorrow morning, the fire’s gone out of my belly, and I wanna retire.”. Littler added: “I probably won’t be playing at 50. It’s just the way the sport’s going. It’s just growing, growing and growing.
