Cross on injury ahead of PDC Premier League Darts finals night: 'It became very bad last week'

Cross faces Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals of the PDC Premier League Darts later this evening at the O2 and he spoke ahead of it about the injury that ruled him of Zwolle as well as his plan for tonight. “I could not get my arms above my shoulders during the weekend, so I really had to cancel Zwolle", said the World Champion. “I had been suffering since the Premier League evenings in Rotterdam. It was a little off and on, but last week it suddenly became very bad. " Cross should have gone to hospital earlier but did not due to not being a huge fan of them: "But I am not a lover of hospitals. That's why I explained it. An electrocardiogram was even made, The pain was in the same place as in a heart attack and they said it can feel so intense. " What exactly the World Number Three has is an inflammation of muscles around its diaphragm. “That is not as serious as something with my heart, fortunately. But it is not nice. I will give everything I have in my match. against Michael van Gerwen. Maybe I do not suffer from adrenaline. And then I can also win. "