Gerwyn Price Demands Immediate World Grand Prix Change After Luke Littler Loss
Price lost 3-2 in sets to Littler in a World Grand Prix classic.
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Topics: Luke Littler, Darts
Ryan Smart
Topics: Luke Littler, Darts
Gerwyn Price has called for an immediate change to the World Grand Prix after losing in the quarter-finals to Luke Littler.
'The Iceman' led 2-0 in the best-of-five set match, and had six match darts with the score at 2-1.
But Littler managed to get across the line in what was a last-leg decider, pinning a superb 152 checkout.
There were some unusual scenes at times during the match, which was contested under the World Grand Prix's unique double-in format - where players must hit a double to start each leg.
Price took eight darts to hit a double in the second leg of the third set, with Littler already well ahead on 134.
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Instead of trying to claw back the advantage, Price admitted defeat in the leg and instead began practicing his aim at double 13.
The Welshman often receives a frosty response from crowds across the UK, and that was no different in Leicester as they jeered him every time he missed a throw at double.
Taking to Instagram after the match, Price claimed that darts' major tournaments should be played at 'neutral venues' - though did not elaborate any further on where exactly those events should be held.
"Wow gutted," he wrote. "And this is why we need to play majors in neutral venues/countries, Luke was great in patches at the right time in the end, but I lost that one again."
Littler, meanwhile, told reporters after his victory: "I wasn't happy first two sets, just wiring everything, nothing was going in my favour.
"At 2-0 down, as soon as I got one back, the fourth set hold, then I go against the darts in the final set and see what happens.
"Gezzy went into the lead, the crowd were on his side. Then as soon as I got that one set back, they were back with me, back on my side because they wanted it to go longer and longer. Same as in the Matchplay, they got their money's worth! I'm just glad to get the win."