Aspinall starts PDC World Championship campaign with victory over Baggish

Aspinall hit five 180s and a 95.3 average and came from a set down against the American who played well on his debut but couldn't see off the Stockport ace.

Baggish came into the tie having been behind massively in the betting compared to the UK Open champion but showed a glimmer as he claimed the first set 3-1 with Aspinall's average down at just 83.

Aspinall though responded brilliantly winning the set without reply 3-0 to level the match up at 1-1 and he continued in that vein in the next set beginning with a 100 checkout but Baggish broke to level it up.

Baggish led 2-1 from there but couldn't serve out the set and Aspinall edged it pinning double 20 to do so and go one set away.

From there, the Guam native squared it up though at 1-1 in the next set to keep his hopes alive but despite him sending it to a decider, he never looked like regaining his footing back into the contest and Aspinall claimed the victory from there.

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Nathan Aspinall (95.38) 3-1 (90.92) Danny Baggish
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