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The 35-year-old Welshman won the final in London against Scotland’s Gary Anderson 7: 3 on Sunday night and also won a cash prize of £ 500,000 (about € 559,000).
For Price, winning the 25kg Sid Waddell Trophy is by far the greatest success of his career. Anderson missed his third world title after 2015 and 2016.
In the ranking, the polarizing price replaces the previous subscription leader Michael van Gerwen. The Dutchman had topped the world rankings without interruption since January 2014 and now has to give up first place after losing in the quarterfinals.
Overcome several critical moments
Price not only won the biggest tournament in 2020, but he also won the most titles overall. At the World Cup, he survived several critical situations such as the 3-2 victory against his compatriot Jamie Lewis or the narrow victories against the two Northern Irishmen Brendan Dolan (4-3) and Daryl Gurney (5-4). He played splendidly on Sunday night and left no doubts as to who will win the first major world title of 2021.
“The Flying Scotsman” quickly fell behind in their fifth World Cup final. Price was at his best early on and in the meantime hit 80 percent of his shots in the double fields. The Welshman took a 4-1 lead and kept pushing with loud cheers. The experienced Anderson played no worse than on the impressive road to the final, but had to admit defeat to an outstanding opponent. Price even played eight perfect darts and just missed all nine darts by a hair.
It is not yet clear what the year of the darts 2021 will look like due to the crown. A schedule has not yet been released, many winter and spring tournaments will continue to take place without spectators. Until the next World Cup in London a year from now, it will be difficult to get Price off the top of the rankings. At van Gerwen he has a cushion of more than 270,000 pounds in the Order of Merit.
