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World Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price to attain very last | World primary will `should play better'

Watch the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship - stay on Sky Sports Darts. We're lower back on New Year's Day at 12.30pm and 7.30pm with Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and MVG all eyeing Monday's semi-finals

Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price will combat it out for the Worlds Darts Championship name, in line with Wayne Mardle.

Both gamers are into the last-eight, that's stay on Sky Sports Darts and Sky Sports Main Event on January 1, and Mardle believes they'll attain Tuesday's very last.

Three-time global champion Van Gerwen, global No 1 Price and two-time runner-up Michael Smith are many of the headline acts on New Year's Day at Alexandra Palace.

Price and Van Gerwen headline the night session, with ties in opposition to Gabriel Clemens and Chris Dobey respectively.

In the afternoon session, Dimitri Van den Bergh faces Jonny Clayton and Michael Smith faces a St Helens derby in opposition to Stephen Bunting.

Mardle's said: "I expected a Price vs Van Gerwen very last on the start, however Gerwyn is aware of he's going to should play better.

"Gabriel will push him, however I expect Gerwyn will respond. I will expect that till he doesn't."

Webster: Dobey can capitalise on MVG slip ups

Mark Webster believes that Van Gerwen will elevate the name if he performs his high-quality darts.

Webster said: "Michael will should underperform, however I become so inspired with Dobey in opposition to Cross.

"I even have in no way visible that degree of overall performance so continually from him at the huge stage.

"If Michael performs as he can, he's going to elevate the name. If he doesn't, gamers can mop up, and Dobey is one in every of them."

The Dutchman has been in best shape for the duration of the tournament. He breezed beyond Lewy Williams, Mensur Suljovic and Dirk van Duijvenbode withinside the early rounds to installation a tie in opposition to Dobey.

On his manner to the last-eight, Van Gerwen has best dropped 3 sets, and he believes that if he maintains to carry out the manner he has, he has an amazing risk of lifting his fourth global championship.

"I experience precise and that whatever is viable on this global championship. If I play like this, I am now no longer going to lose. Something odd has to take place to me, an off day or whatever, for me now no longer to win my games," he said.