Van den Bergh on ditching knee brace ahead of Premier League debut: "I feel like I'm reborn"

Dimitri van den Bergh will make his Premier League Darts debut on Monday after his World Matchplay triumph sealed 'The Dreammaker' a spot.

Van den Bergh spoke on the eve of the first block and hopes for similar form to the World Matchplay now his knee is fully sorted.

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"Dreams are coming true, I'm going to enjoy the whole experience of the Premier League. I'm going to give it my 100% best, I've worked hard on the knee so hopefully it can be something similar to the World Matchplay," said Van den Bergh.

He received a small setback before the UK Open which he revealed felt like his muscle popped but he said it is normal for his recovery.

"I've called up my physiotherapist and my surgeon and told them what happened and they said that's normal. The hamstring that they've used to connect the ligament to the front is all the time stretched and the muscle has been in a stressed feeling. If you have the stressed muscle and then you stretch it again, it feels like it pops."

This means that he will ditch the knee brace next week and he described it as feeling 'reborn'.

"The feeling walking around without a knee brace, it's such a relief. It's been a long road, I've been walking around with a brace since September last year and now to be walking around without one, I feel like I'm reborn."