Overview
- The PDC confirmed Price pulled out in Antwerp due to an infected hand, with no replacement added because the event was already under way.
- Price shared hospital photos earlier in the week and said on Instagram his hand "isn't ready" this weekend, expressing hope to return next weekend.
- Ryan Joyce beat Ricardo Pietreczko 6-5 and, with Price out, advanced straight to the third round.
- World No. 1 Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall and Gary Anderson also skipped the tournament.
- Teenager Luke Littler traveled after emergency dental surgery and is set to play Dylan Slevin in the second round as a seeded entrant.