Van den Bergh frustrated at heavy defeat: "This is a big lesson, but I will come back stronger than ever"

Dimitri Van den Bergh failed to qualify for the final of the PDC World Darts Championship for the first time in his career. 'The Dreammaker' lost 6-0 to Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals.

During the match, there was a brief altercation between Van den Bergh and Van Gerwen. "I won't go into it further. I tried to be a professional darter, kept fighting and never gave up. Unfortunately I wasn't able to show how good I am, it just didn't come out on stage tonight," Van den Bergh told VTM 2.

"This is a big lesson," continued the 28-year-old Belgian. "But I can look back on a great World Championship and am already looking ahead to the new year, where I want to come back stronger than ever."

Van den Bergh is also tipped as a contender to be invited to the Premier League. "But I didn't think about that for a second during the World Championship. My focus was just on the World Championship itself, what may or may not come out in the coming weeks we'll see."