Van den Bergh reveals message from grandmother: "With that green guy out of the tournament, how about you can go and do it now"
PDCTuesday, 18 July 2023 at 17:07
Dimitri Van den Bergh made an excellent start to the World Matchplay. 'The Dreammaker' defeated Ross Smith 10-8 in his opening match.
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After the match, Van den Bergh was asked if he was happy that Michael van Gerwen is already out of the tournament. After all, Van den Bergh could never win against his Dutch rival in a ranking tournament. "Every time I play him, it doesn't matter how good I play, he just always knows how to come out on top," said the 29-year-old Belgian.
"My Grandma messaged me yesterday. She said, 'with that green guy out of the tournament, how about you can go and do it now?'"
"I was like 'Grandma, I really like how funny you are, but what about everyone else!' They are all so good," Van den Bergh said. "Maybe some day I'd like to be like her, just don't think about everyone else, just about what you can do."
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- You know,I said this,in a sentence,not 5 paragraphs!!rick6721-09-2026
- Oh dear,he lost. Well any competitive sport runs the risk of defeat. He is, currently,his own worst enemy. Wind the crowd up,and you get it back bigger. Put your dummy in kidrick6721-09-2026
- Does an exhibition count in the clean sweep though?BandB21-09-2026
- Played great in the final. Makes a mockery of the event when he qualified by losing all of his tour matchesBandB21-09-2026
- He isn't,and won't be the last player to get whistled or booed at. The problem I noticed,is that he winds them up,and give him back,and he doesn't like it. If you can't take it,don't give itrick6720-09-2026
- I hope Phil doesn't return. Watching him the seniors was embarrassing,and he should bow out,and let everyone remember what a legend he is.rick6716-09-2026
- What a nice comment by Wade. Top bloke.BandB15-09-2026
- He wasn't "offered £501,000 to face Luke Littler". He was allowed to audition for the chance. That's not the same. Literally like saying I was offered a no.1 single, when actually I decided not to attend an open casting for the X factor.BandB13-09-2026
- I loved Jan and loved his walk on music "Explode" by Jordan & Baker. I think if he stuck around the BDO he definitely would have been World Champion, should have won in 2014, he never really showed any of his talent in the PDC. I remembered he worked in a bank or in finance and maybe that was his priority, he was also a fan and interested in magic. Definitely should have achieved much more in darts than he did. Wherever you are nowadays Jan, hope all is well and I was always a fan.richieburnettrocks11-09-2026
- Not much of a tournament really,is it? Now they've all pulled out,it's open for everyone. I'm sure if you bought tickets,you'd be disappointed. Doesn't that seem to bother the withdrawals? Not at all!!rick6710-09-2026
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