'It can be worse' - Jan Dekker speaks ahead of clash with Jelle Klaasen in Round 1 at World Championship

Jan Dekker against Jelle Klaasen is one of the two all-dutch affairs in the first round of the PDC 2018 World Championship, as the draw for the PDC World Darts Championship turned out Monday night.
'Double Dekker' can leave for London with confidence, because in the last tournament before the World's he managed to reach the quarterfinals. At the Players Championship Finals, Dekker defeated Michael Smith and Simon Whitlock, before being eliminated by Michael van Gerwen 10-7.
The Drent born player made his debut at the PDC World Championship two years ago, but the first round was the end of the road at the time. Adrian Lewis was too strong at the time with 3-0 in sets. This time Klaasen is the opponent, in a conversation with RTL7darts the two time semi-finalist at Lakeside reacts to the draw.
"My first World Championship I played against Adrian Lewis, that was obviously quite heavy. On paper Jelle is of course also a strong player, but it can be worse. "
"The last three months are doing well. Occasionally I have a bad time in between, but in general I have achieved strong results. "

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