"A lot of weight has fallen off my shoulders": Hendriks relieved after grueling debut win over Hughes at PDC World Darts Championship

Jimmy Hendriks sealed a debut win over Jamie Hughes 3-1 in a real grueling tie which saw both miss a combined 56 darts at doubles throughout.

Hendriks having prior played at the Lakeside can add Ally Pally to his list and said a weight is now off.

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"This is really special, I am really relieved, a lot of weight has fallen off my shoulders yes'', Hendriks said afterwards as per De Telegraaf.

"You work so hard towards this and then you actually play a bad match, but my opponent played that too. Then you lead 2-0 in the first set, but you still give it away. That's how it felt. It just didn't feel right, but he didn't throw anything either, so I thought: you won't get more chances. After the break he threw 26 and 23, then you think it might be a piece of cake. But you have to work so hard on that stage, that's really unprecedented."

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Next up is Brendan Dolan and the aim is to get better now after having that winning feeling.

''This definitely gives a different feeling next time, this first one is through,'' he added. ''I've been in front of bigger and fuller halls, but this is really something different. I have to make sure I'm throwing like I do at home on my little dartboard.''