'I'm over the moon, honestly' - Justin Pipe speaks after surviving scare from Bernie Smith in first round

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Thursday, 21 December 2017 at 11:00
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Justin Pipe survived a scare last night from Kiwi qualifier Bernie Smith. 'The Force'' came through a last set decider with the Oceanic Masters champion to set up a clash with Phil Taylor in his final ever World Championship and he admits playing Taylor was on his mind which put him close to another shock exit. He admitted he is over the moon though to be through to Round 2.
"I'm over the moon, honestly," said Pipe. "At two sets up I was cruising and thinking about playing Phil Taylor in his last ever World Championship - but that's no good, you can't think ahead, you have to focus.
"Playing Phil, I'm going to just relax and throw. I'm going to absolutely love playing him in his last ever World Championship.
"I can relax now playing against Phil, I was so tense tonight, all I wanted to do was win and that's what I've done.
"I didn't think I'd go 2-0 up and I just took my foot off the gas, but I won't be doing that on Saturday."
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