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The schedule for the current Premier League was already set.
And for the opening, the Professional Darts Corporation had come up with something very special.
Actually, the World Cup final 2021 would have been reissued on Monday evening.
A match between title holder Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson was waiting on the first day of the event.
But the world champion from Wales is unable to attend the second most important event on the darts calendar after Price tested positive for the corona virus.
James Wade was on site as a substitute
In the Premiere League, which has been held since 2005, ten of the best players in the world determine their winner every Thursday in league mode.
As in the previous year, the schedule had been tightened enormously because of the corona pandemic.
This week alone there are five game days on the program in Milton Keynes.
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For Price, therefore, no opportunity to intervene in the £ 830,000 competition.
The world number one will be replaced by the Englishman James Wade, who was already on site as a substitute.
German athletes are not taking part in the competition, the finals planned in Berlin will take place in Milton Keynes due to the corona.