In this Thursday for the start of the world Cup ends in “Ally Pally” in London, two women go to Lisa Ashton and Anastasia Dobromyslova at the Start of a Sensation in the men’s domain Darts.
Women’s Darts world champion Lisa Ashton takes for the first time in the “Ally Pally”
“We don’t have it done to look good,” says Barry Hearn, boss of the Darts-a professional Association of PDC. “There should be no limitations in a sport that is based on Can. We will find out how good you are. And some of these girls can really play.” The PDC is always directed to the end of the year, the now almost legendary Darts-WM. Starting this Thursday, the Palace fly in London’s Alexandra, popularly known as “Ally Pally” – the arrows on 1. January rises the final. For the first time are reserved in the field of 96 Starters two places for women. “We live in a time of change,” says Hearn, who wants to change the Image of the Darts world Championships as a testosterone pregnant Party. Therefore, there will be no “Walk-On-Girls” more and more, those scantily clad girls, accompanied, so far, the male Darts Stars to the Competition on the stage at the “Ally Pally”.
Multiple World Champions
The two women, who write in the upcoming world Cup in London Darts-history, the Briton Lisa Ashton and the Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova. The 48-year-old Ashton is the current women’s Darts world champion, four times she has won this title already. The 34-year-old Dobromyslova was already three times world champion. The Russian was in 2009, even already once in the “Ally Pally”, as a second wife after the canadian Gayl King in 2001 – both had each received a Wild Card for the men’s Event.
Anastasia Dobromyslova, with the world Cup title defender Rob Cross from the UK
“I’m already a bit of thought, because you can never predict how you will receive and how to present themselves on stage,” said Dobromyslova. “I’ve played there, but that was almost ten years. It is so, than I would start all over again.” In addition, balance was your year so far, not as good as you had imagined it.
For years for loss against woman teased
For Ashton, the situation is different: The Briton has won last weekend, their ninth tournament this year, including the women’s world Cup. She is in Top Form. But keep your nerve? “I’m excited, because it is the Chance of my life,” admits Ashton. “But it is something very different than what I’m used to.” You will try, “just to go up there and enjoy it”. Ashton meets on Thursday, Jan Dekker, who was at least at the world Cup in 2011 to the semi-finals and at the end of the third. “It will be really hard,” says the 28-year-old Dutchman before the fight, the first knockout round with Ashton. “It’s a game I can actually only lose.” Dekker thinks well of his countryman Vincent van der Voort before losing in 2009 at the “Grand Slam of Darts” in Wolverhampton against Anastasia Dobromyslova, and even years later, of his male colleagues was teased. Dobromyslova plays next Monday against the 33-year-old British Ryan Joyce to make it to the second round.
Half a Million pounds for the title
World Cup-Top-favourite Michael van Gerwen
A year ago Darts Superstar Michael van Gerwen on Twitter had the question of whether a woman in the Darts could ever beat a Top male players, short and sweet with no answers. Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Dutchman, of the was 2014 and 2017 world champion and the bookies as one of the Top comments favorite for the title is traded, something differentiated. “Why shouldn’t a woman be as good as a man?” van Gerwen said recently. “I don’t want to lose against a woman, but I lose also otherwise not against anyone.” The winner in the “Ally Pally” will be awarded a prize money of 500,000 British pounds (about 550,000 euros). Already a victory in the first round will be rewarded with £ 12,000. For comparison: Exactly the sum of Lisa Ashton received last January for their women’s world champion title.
“The men that play this year at the world Championships against the women, are under pressure,” said PDC chief Barry Hearn. “I would like to wish you anything Bad, but from a commercial point of view, it would be great if a woman would hit a man on the “Ally Pally”-stage. It is a Signal to all the women out there, that there is a way to the top, if you hang appropriately.”