Gerwyn Price is the Hungarian Darts Trophy winner

Darts results: Gerwyn Price thrashes Michael Smith with breathtaking display to win Hungarian Darts Trophy

By Chris Hammer

Darts

Mon September 06, 2021 · 3y ago

Gerwyn Price produced a stunning display to thrash Michael Smith 8-2 in the final of the Hungarian Darts Trophy in Budapest.

In the opening European Tour event of the season, the world number one averaged 108.74 to blow his opponent away at the Papp Laszlo Arena and scoop the £25,000 top prize.

The sparkling performance came hot on the heels of a 7-4 semi-final victory over Luke Humphries in which he averaged over 107 and fired in a closing 134 checkout although he had to scrap past both Brendan Dolan (6-4) and Damon Heta (6-4) earlier in the day with averages of 91 and 89 respectively.

It was the world champion's fourth European Tour title and the manner of his final two displays certainly turned the jeers he received on Saturday against Richard Veenstra into cheers.

Price, who hit four 180s and enjoyed a high checkout of 130, said: "It was a hostile reception on the first day but I appreciate the support today, everyone's been fantastic. I played with my old darts and they seemed to work so I don't know why I changed. I played my best stuff in the semis and final."

"To pick up the trophy in the first time here is fantastic. Michael played fantastic in the whole tournament - I was scraping through and played my best stuff in the semi-final and final, so I'm thankful for that."

Smith, playing in his 10th European Tour final, said: "He was relentless. Every time it was 140 or 180. It's hard to break down when someone's not missing. I'm just thankful we had the crowd back, it's been amazing."

Bully Boy had previously seen off Keane Barry (6-2), Peter Wright (6-2) and Jose de Sousa (7-5) as he went in search of a fifth European Tour title and first since 2017 but could only average in the low 90s against Price.

Earlier in the day Michael van Gerwen's 2021 title drought was made to continue as he was stunned in the third round by Dolan, who missed four of the eight match darts in a dramatic deciding leg.

Humphries saw off James Wade in Sunday afternoon's third round to gain a measure of revenge for March's loss in the UK Open final, before defeating top seed Joe Cullen to reach his first European Tour semi-final.

De Sousa enjoyed wins over Premier League rival Nathan Aspinall and Czech teenager Adam Gawlas as he booked a semi-final spot.

Gawlas' win over fellow youngster Lewis Williams in the third round saw him reach the last eight, alongside Wright, Dolan and Cullen.

Hungarian Darts Trophy: Tournament results

Friday September 3
First Round (Best of 11 legs)
Afternoon Session (1200 BST)

William Borland 6-4 Johan Engström
Geert De Vos 6-2 Geert Nentjes
Richard Veenstra 6-4 Keegan Brown
Joe Murnan 6-5 János Végső
Keane Barry 6-3 Thomas Lovely
Adam Gawlas 6-5 Boris Krcmar
Lewis Williams 6-3 Gabor Jagicza

Evening Session (1800 BST)

Florian Hempel 6-5 Jake Jones
Ross Smith 6-0 Peter Strbik
Alan Soutar 6-1 Jozsef Rucska
Luke Humphries 6-3 Madars Razma
Bradley Brooks 6-5 Adrian Lewis
John Michael 6-5 Steve Beaton
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Darren Webster
Vincent van der Voort v Daryl Gurney
Bye: William O'Connor

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Saturday September 4
Second Round
Afternoon Session (1200 BST)

Rob Cross 6-4 Ross Smith
Lewis Williams 6-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Brendan Dolan 6-1 Alan Soutar
James Wade 6-5 William O'Connor
William Borland 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Luke Humphries 6-2 Devon Petersen
Keane Barry 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Nathan Aspinall 6-1 Bradley Brooks

Evening Session (1800 BST)

Adam Gawlas 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Joe Cullen 6-3 Geert De Vos
Damon Heta 6-4 Simon Whitlock
Jose de Sousa 6-3 Joe Murnan
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Daryl Gurney
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Richard Veenstra
Peter Wright 6-3 Florian Hempel
Michael Smith 6-3 John Michael

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Sunday September 5
Afternoon Session (1200 BST)
Third Round (Best of 11 legs)

Joe Cullen 6-4 Rob Cross
Luke Humphries 6-2 James Wade
Brendan Dolan 6-5 Michael van Gerwen
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Damon Heta
José de Sousa 6-2 Nathan Aspinall
Adam Gawlas 6-2 Lewis Williams
Peter Wright (Bye)
Michael Smith 6-2 Keane Barry

Evening Session (1800 BST)

Quarter-finals (Best of 11 legs)

Luke Humphries 6-4 Joe Cullen
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Jose de Sousa 6-5 Adam Gawlas
Michael Smith 6-2 Peter Wright

Semi-finals (Best of 13 legs)

Gerwyn Price 7-4 Luke Humphries
Michael Smith 7-5 Jose de Sousa

Final (Best of 15 legs)

Gerwyn Price 8-2 Michael Smith

Darts results: Gerwyn Price thrashes Michael Smith with breathtaking display to win Hungarian Darts Trophy

Hungarian Darts Trophy: Tournament results

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