According to Nathan Aspinall, it became clear once again Sunday night that Michael van Gerwen is the best dart player in the world. Van Gerwen beat 'The Asp' 11-4 in the final of the World Series of Darts Finals.
Shortly after the awards ceremony, Aspinall walked into the press room in disbelief. ''He's f*cking unreal, he's a f*cking weirdo, isn't it?'' the Englishman stammered to the Dutch journalists present.
In particular, Van Gerwen played an impressive game against Luke Humphries. Among other things, 'Mighty Mike' notched a nine darter and beat Humphries 11-10 after a thriller.
''Pfff, he is quite a player,'' Aspinall continued his story to De Telegraaf and others. ''The nerves of steel he has are phenomenal. I don't know how he does this and where he gets the energy.''
The reigning World Matchplay champion then had more praise in store for Van Gerwen. ''I am a fighter, I never give up, but for me he is absolutely the best. A world champion. He can play so three or four matches in a day at such a high level. He didn't even play at his best against me, but he didn't need to."