GERWYN PRICE has shocked Alexandra Palace by arriving for the fifth set of his quarter-final against Gabriel Clemens by putting on huge ear-defenders.
But is this allowed, and why has he decided to do it?
Why is Gerwyn Price wearing ear defenders?
Price is simply drowning out the Ally Pally noise.
The Iceman has been greeted with a chorus of boos through the game, and decided to wear the ear-defenders instead.
He had spoke before the match about wearing ear-plugs, though no-one expected them to quite so BIG.
Instead he is wore huge ear-defenders covering the side of his head, but switched to normal ear-plugs for the sixth set.
After his win over Raymond van Barneveld, Price said: “If Raymond had been in the match better and the crowd had turned against me more, I probably still would have done it. But now it wasn’t necessary.
“And by the way, it’s not just about headphones, but then I put in earplugs. I first tried it at home during the Christmas break just with earplugs in, but then I still heard too much. With the headphones in, I couldn’t even hear my kids anymore; then I knew it would work well.”
