Gerwyn Price set up an all-Welsh quarter-final showdown with Jonny Clayton with a straight-sets win over Ross Smith at the World Grand Prix, as Ryan Joyce and Nathan Aspinall also progressed in Leicester.
Price, among the tournament favourites after Luke Littler’s shock early exit, followed his opening-round victory over Sebastian Białecki by dropping just four legs to despatch Smith at the Mattioli Arena.
The 2020 champion was outscored by Smith – having posted the highest average of the first round – but dropped just four legs during his 3-0 win, securing him a meeting with World Cup of Darts partner Clayton on Friday evening.
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Gerwyn Price set up an all-Welsh quarter-final at the World Grand Prix with Jonny Clayton, with the Ice Man boasting about his record against his compatriot
Clayton opened with three consecutive ton-plus checkouts and made four in total during a 3-1 victory over Wessel Nijman, where a 93.08 average and some remarkable finishing pushed him past the 12th seed.
Ryan Joyce breezed into the quarter-finals with a straight-sets victory over Danny Noppert, as Luke Woodhouse – who stunned Littler in the first round – was knocked out after losing 3-0 to Nathan Aspinall in a one-sided contest.
More to follow…
Wednesday’s second-round results
- Danny Noppert 0-3 Ryan Joyce
- Jonny Clayton 3-1 Wessel Nijman
- Gerwyn Price 3-0 Ross Smith
- Luke Woodhouse 0-3 Nathan Aspinall
Thursday’s second-round fixtures
From 7pm; first to three sets
- Niels Zonneveld vs Gary Anderson
- James Wade vs Stephen Bunting
- Luke Humphries vs Jermaine Wattimena
- Gian van Veen vs Ryan Searle
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