Dominant Price beats Cross to win in Copenhagen
Gerwyn Price turned the tables on Rob Cross after losing to the Englishman in New York last weekend
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Gerwyn Price beat Rob Cross to win the Nordic Darts Masters in Copenhagen on Saturday.
Welshman Price raced into a 4-0 lead in the final and went into the first break 5-1 up.
Cross pulled back to 5-4 but Price was too strong and claimed the victory 8-5.
Price, 39, was beaten in the final last year by Peter Wright and lost the final of the US Darts Masters in New York to Cross last weekend.
There was no Luke Littler or Michael van Gerwen in Denmark, with both opting not to play.
鈥淚 wanted to win a trophy to give me a boost of confidence,鈥 Price said. 鈥淚鈥檓 thankful to get over the winning line.
鈥淵ou need a little bit of luck. Another trophy in the bank and I鈥檒l push on from here.
鈥淚 know I鈥檝e been playing well the last few months I鈥檝e just not been getting results. I鈥檓 ready for the big tournaments, there鈥檚 a big end to the year coming up.鈥
Cross added: 鈥淗e deserved that. For me it wasn鈥檛 meant to be. The darts aren鈥檛 bad.鈥
Cross had beaten world number one Luke Humphries in the semi-final while Price overcame Michael Smith.