Darts dynamo Gerwyn Price has pulled out of the 2024 Masters on the day the Premier League marketing campaign is ready to get underway.
The PDC confirmed on Thursday that Price will play no half on this weekend’s event on the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. ‘The Iceman’ superior to the semi-finals of the competitors in 2021 however fell within the second spherical of final 12 months’s competitors.
And Daryl Gurney has been named his alternative, stepping in on quick discover after initially failing to make the reduce this 12 months. The Masters is an annual occasion that includes the highest 24 gamers within the PDC Order of Merit, with Gurney at the moment occupying No26 within the pecking order.
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Portuguese participant and No25 Jose de Sousa was subsequent within the rankings to be promoted in Price’s place. However, ‘The Special One’ is unable to compete in Milton Keynes and passes his place onto Gurney.
The PDC announcement mentioned Price has pulled out of the Masters for “family reasons.” However, it is understood the 38-year-old will nonetheless compete in Cardiff on the opening night time of the Premier League season on Thursday.
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It appears virtually fated that Gurney, 37, must be the one changing Price on the Marshall Arena. The two noticed tempers flare throughout the 2019 Premier League Darts marketing campaign after ‘Superchin’ accused Price of placing him off his throw after one match in Sheffield.
And Gurney will get an added good thing about taking Price’s place within the draw as he prepares to go straight into the second spherical. He’ll face both Josh Rock or Joe Cullen on Saturday regardless of the very fact each potential opponents are increased than him within the rankings.
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Venues might be packed out to see the brand new darting icon tackle the most important names within the sport – Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwin, Michael Smith, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall over the subsequent few months.
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Chris Dobey is the reigning Masters champion, who will face Andrew Gilding within the first spherical as he hopes to start his title defence in type. Among the notable absences is 17-year-old sensation Luke Littler, who was a way off creeping in as a back-up given he is at the moment thirty first on the earth rankings.