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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Niall McVeigh

Gerwyn Price fights back to beat Luke Woodhouse as Steve Beaton crashes out

Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price fought back from a set down against Luke Woodhouse to get his title defence started. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Gerwyn Price suffered an early scare in his PDC world championship opener against Luke Woodhouse, but fought back to win the match 3-1 at Alexandra Palace.

Woodhouse, the current world No 50, made a blistering start as he took the first set with an average of 104.95, with Price missing five doubles and struggling for rhythm. Price took out an 83 finish to level the match at 1-1, and broke his opponent’s throw in the third leg of the next set, despite missing six more darts at doubles.

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