Gerwyn Price hit an incredible two nine-dart finishes on his way to winning Cazoo Premier League Night Three in Belfast on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A night that will go down in darts history saw Price hit perfect legs against Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals and James Wade in the final in a stunning display.<\/p>\n
He also sealed victory in his opening game of the night, against Michael Smith, with a 170 checkout and averaged over 108 in his first two games.<\/p>\n
World number one Price then averaged 105.32 in defeating Wade 6-4 in the final at the end of a memorable night at the SSE Arena.<\/p>\n
Leg three of the final saw the Welshman hit his second nine-darter of the evening, though he had to battle back from 4-3 down to pick up the five league points and \u00a310,000 winner’s bonus.<\/p>\n
“Tonight I felt like I couldn’t miss,” Price reflected. “I feel on top of the world right now.<\/p>\n
“I told James in the practice room [before the final] I was going to hit another one, I just fancied it tonight.<\/p>\n
“But, as well as I played tonight, I could’ve possibly lost in two games which shows how high the standard is at the moment.<\/p>\n
“That’s how well I’ve been playing recently, I’m feeling good in myself.<\/p>\n
“I put it down to being been back in the gym and looking after myself. The last two-and-a-half weeks I’ve been putting some hard work in at the gym.”<\/p>\n
In the semi-finals, Price produced perfection in leg five against Van Gerwen, despite initially dropping his sixth dart before recomposing himself, and also hit a further seven perfect darts in winning the deciding leg of the tie.<\/p>\n
Price, who joins Phil Taylor as the only player to hit two nine-darters on a Premier League night, also hit a 170 checkout in sealing his quarter-final victory over Michael Smith.<\/p>\n
The world’s top four featured in the semi-finals, as 2009 Premier League champion Wade defied a 105.2 average from Wright to reach his first final of the campaign and pick up three points.<\/p>\n
Losing semi-finalists Van Gerwen and Wright leave Belfast with two points each thanks to their respective quarter-final victories against Joe Cullen and Gary Anderson.<\/p>\n
The Cazoo Premier League roadshow returns to Westpoint Exeter on Thursday March 3 for Night Four of the league phase, as Price meets Wright in a clash of the world’s top two.<\/p>\n
The night’s other quarter-finals will see Clayton meet Van Gerwen, Wade take on Anderson and Smith face Cullen as the \u00a31 million tournament continues at the sold-out Exeter venue.<\/p>\n
2022 Cazoo Premier League Semi-Finals<\/strong> Final<\/strong> Night 4 – Westpoint Exeter Gerwyn Price hit an incredible two nine-dart finishes on his way to winning Cazoo Premier League Night Three in Belfast…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[943,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-results"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNight 3 – The SSE Arena, Belfast
\nThursday February 17
\nQuarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nGerwyn Price 6-3 Michael Smith
\nMichael van Gerwen 6-3 Joe Cullen
\nPeter Wright 6-4 Gary Anderson
\nJames Wade 6-3 Jonny Clayton<\/p>\n
\nGerwyn Price 6-5 Michael van Gerwen (Price hits nine-darter in leg five)
\nJames Wade 6-4 Peter Wright<\/p>\n
\nGerwyn Price 6-4 James Wade (Price hits nine-darter in leg three)<\/p>\n
\nThursday March 3
\nQuarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nJonny Clayton v Michael van Gerwen
\nMichael Smith v Joe Cullen
\nGerwyn Price v Peter Wright
\nJames Wade v Gary Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"