Defending champion Gerwyn Price has changed his mind and has now spoken out in favor of a continuation of the Darts World Cup in London. “I probably reacted a little too early,” said the Welshman after beating Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands) in the last 16 to the BBC; the tournament must continue to “be carried out”. After his rival Michael van Gerwen retired due to the corona, Price had initially pleaded for a postponement. If the world championship were to be rescheduled (until January 3), “I would accept that,” said Price, who had missed this year’s Premier League due to a corona infection. It is “hard work to organize tournaments like this”, the organizers do “a fantastic job”. Former world champion Gary Anderson, on the other hand, is critical of the rigorous adherence to the implementation of the highest endowed tournament of the year. “That is not right. There will be a big mess in the world rankings in the coming months,” said the Scot: “Every day a different player gets infected with the virus.”
In addition to the Dutchmen van Gerwen, Vincent van der Voort, Raymond van Barneveld and Danny Noppert, last year’s semi-finalist Dave Chisnall from England also tested positive. Van Gerwen had blamed the world association for the outbreaks: “It’s just a big corona bomb now, the PDC could have done more.”
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