Jonny Clayton (Wales) v 'The Iceman' Gerwyn Price (Wales) . First to 5 sets.
An all Welsh clash in the final of this ranking event, but there's a twist to the usual format..... 501 down - check / finish on a double or bull - check, but the difference between this and most competitions is that a player has to start on a double or bull (have yet to see someone try to go for the bull at the start of a leg though
- I guess that could be considered gamesmanship 
) Also, if the match goes to 4 sets and two legs apiece, there is no requirement to win by at least two legs - it's sudden death, ie the first to 3 legs wins the deciding set...An entertaining comp, and Price is the favourite, but he struggled for a lot of the match in his Semi Final victory against the resurgent Stephen Bunting. A major reason for that is the fact that Price is suffering from an ongoing arm/elbow injury that has previously beset him.
For that reason, and because there's no separate betting thread (yet) , I think that Jonny 'The Ferret' Clayton (who may not be a household name to non-darting aficionados, but has burst on the scene in recent years) is a lively outsider to prevail against his fellow Countryman and World Cup winning teammate. Jonny has a pretty impressive strike rate on both the starting and finishing doubles [possibly the best in the whole tourney] and he dispatched the lively Belgian Danny Noppert with consummate ease last night, when winning by 4 sets to the Belgian's 1 in the first semi final.
Clayton is 5/4 to win tonight, and when I tip on down to the shop later I will likely back him outright, as well as minus 1.5 sets , and perhaps -2.5 sets also...
Mon Jonny
