Dimitri van den Bergh wants to continue to 'climb up the rankings' after World Championship run ends
NewsSaturday, 30 December 2017 at 18:30
Dimitri van den Bergh is out of the World Championship after a brilliant run to the Quarter-Finals ended in an epic with Rob Cross yesterday. The World Youth Champion though despite that was still optimistic for the future and was already speaking about next season and his ambition to climb up the rankings and also praised Rob and said he wanted 'Voltage' to go 'all the way'.
"I went 4-1 down but I kept telling myself, and so did my father, keep your chin up, keep battling, it's not over until the fifth set is won," said Van den Bergh.
"So I just thought I'd enjoy it and keep battling but it wasn't to be this time. But I hope this guy can go all the way - I love Rob to bits.
"My ambition is to continue doing what I'm doing and climb up the rankings."
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/946774359301132289
"I went 4-1 down but I kept telling myself, and so did my father, keep your chin up, keep battling, it's not over until the fifth set is won," said Van den Bergh.
"So I just thought I'd enjoy it and keep battling but it wasn't to be this time. But I hope this guy can go all the way - I love Rob to bits.
"My ambition is to continue doing what I'm doing and climb up the rankings."
https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/946774359301132289
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