Dekker after overcoming Ashton in opening round: 'I had to work really hard for that'

Jan Dekker came through in what was a tough test for the Dutchman against the Lakeside Ladies World Champion, Lisa Ashton on the opening night of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Dekker spoke afterwards and admitted that he had to work hard to see off Ashton and 'Double Dekker' gave her credit saying that she played ‘awesome’. "I had to work really hard for that," said Dekker. "Lisa played awesome in the first set but I felt a lot better after winning the second set and was very happy to go all the way and win from there. "There was a lot of media attention around this match, which made it harder so I was very relieved at the end." for more information about the PDC World Darts Championship, including schedules and the prize fund breakdown.