FIRST ROUND. MATCH 2. 14.30 GMT SATURDAY 4TH JANUARY
TONY DAVID (1) (AUSTRALIA)	BRIAN SORENSEN (DENMARK)

David started the match

Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5	Set	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Leg 4	Leg 5
-	-	19	-	-	1	14	21	-	15	-
18	16	12	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
17	17	-	-	14	3	-	-	17	14	-
17	13	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

Sets Won	Ave	100+	140+	180's	.	Sets Won	Ave	100+	140+	180's
3	30.90	25	10	3	.	1	28.30	20	6	2

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VINCENT VAN DER VOORT 3 JARKO KOMULA 1

Dutchman Vincent van der Voort threw the first three darts of the 2003 championship but it was opponent Jarko Komula who claimed the opening leg. The Finnish player was soon 2-0 ahead in the best-of-five sets match but van der Voort hit back to level and then stunned Komula with a brilliant 11-dart leg to take the first set. Both players looked determined not to suffer the same fate of a year ago when they went out in the first round - Komula losing to Ted Hankey and van der Voort failing against Mensur Suljovic. Komula got himself into a 2-0 lead again in the second set and checked out in style to level at one set each. Again Komula claimed the first two legs of set three with his awesome finishing but van der Voort hit back twice and held his nerve to go 2-1 ahead in sets. Voort put himself on the road to victory with the first leg of set four against the throw and was soon just one leg away from a place in round 2. He let Komula in when he missed the bull by the thickness of the wire but came back with a 117 check-out for victory.

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RITCHIE DAVIES 3 ALBERTINO ESSERS 1

Experienced Ritchie Davies reeled off three legs in a row as he dominated his 2003 opening encounter with debutante Albertino Essers. Darts went with first throw advantage in the first four legs of set two but Essers changed the pattern in leg five and claimed the game to draw level. Davies, making his seventh successive appearance at the Lakeside, stepped up the pace in set three which he claimed 3-1 before going on to whitewash the Dutchman and move into round two.

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JOHN WALTON 3 MARTIN PHILLIPS 2

Nerves looked to have the better of 2001 Embassy champion John Walton and his opponent. But it was the Englishman who settled first and took set one 3-0. But experienced Welshman Phillips hit back in the same fashion to level the match at a set each before ploughing on with another three legs on the trot for a 2-1 set lead. Walton's first double of the evening was double one and he needed it again to stop the rot in set four which he went on to win with another 3-0 scoreline. The former champion had first throw advantage in the deciding set and made use of it - checking out on 100. But the real turning point in the match came when Walton needed 36 for a two-leg advantage. He hit 18 and, with Phillips waiting to have a shot at 50, made the brave decision to go ten, double four and hit it before wrapping up the match with yet one more 3-0 set. Walton, beaten in the second round last year, has experienced his fair share of injury problems and revealed he had undergone treatment before this match. "I've had a trapped nerve in my neck and have been having it massaged," said the eighth seed, who on Tuesday will meet another Welshman, Ritchie Davies. "Martin is a fantastic player and I knew I was in for one hell of a fight," said Walton. "I thought he might whitewash me at one stage. "I was shaking on the doubles. But the first game is always hard, especially on that stage, and I'm over the moon to get through."

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GARY ANDERSON 3 PETER JOHNSTONE 2

Gary Anderson looked to be on the ropes from the off in the all-Scotland clash against Peter Johnstone. But the persistant player battled on to turn a 2-0 legs deficit into a 3-2 first set victory. Each leg went with first throw advantage in set two which meant Anderson was in the driving seat at two up. Johnstone claimed a dreary first leg in set three before Anderson checked out on 122 (54 54 x7). He took the next but Johnstone leveled and then got himself back into the match at 2-1 down in sets. Johnstone's newfound confidence got him off to a flyer in set four as he went 2-0 ahead. But consistency was missing from his game and Anderson reeled off three legs for overall victory.

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ANDY FORDHAM 3 STEFAN NAGY 0

Four times semi-finalist and crowd favourite Andy "The Viking" Fordham took first blood in his first round contest with Sweden's Stefan Nagy by claiming the first set three legs to one. Clinical Fordham was hitting high scores, was even more deadly on the doubles and soon two sets ahead as he took set two without reply from Nagy. The fearless Viking was in fine form and Nagy missed the rare opportunities he was given. The Swede left the famous oche with just the opening leg of the match to his name as Fordham won the third 3-0.

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Women's Embassy

FRANCIS HOENSELAAR 2 KAREN KRAPPEN 1

Number one seed Francis Hoenselaar made a shaky start to the championship as she lost the first set 3-0 to fellow Dutch darts player Karen Krappen. But Hoenselaar hit Krappen with the same scoreline in the second and powered her way into the semi-finals with a 3-1 legs victory in the deciding set. Francis Hoenselaar: 24.96 Karen Krappen: 23.71

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ANN KIRK 2 GAYNOR WILLIAMS 0

Fourth seed Ann Kirk got her campaign off to a good start when she took the darts off Welshwoman Williams. But Scotland's Kirk did not get it all her own way and was forced to 2-2 before wrapping up set one. Kirk settled into a rhythm in the second set and knocked out three successful legs for her place in the semis. Ann Kirk: 23.57 Gaynor Williams: 20.33 Francis Hoenselaar will play now Ann Kirk in the semi final.