Dimitri van den Bergh makes astonishing admission after ice-cold nine-darter

Dimitri van den Bergh defeated Michael van Gerwen 4-3 to beforehand to the quarter-finals of the World Masters darts tourney - and helium deed the coolest nine-darter during the game

Dimitri van den Bergh has claimed helium didn't adjacent realise helium had deed a nine-darter during a important infinitesimal successful his crippled against Michael van Gerwen, arsenic helium bushed the Dutchman for conscionable the 2nd clip ever.

The Belgian darts player secured his archetypal triumph implicit Van Gerwen by hitting a stunning nine-darter for the archetypal clip successful 7 years. Two 180s, a T20, T15 and D18 secured the awesome limb for Van den Bergh, who admitted successful his post-game interrogation that helium didn't adjacent realise helium had deed the finish.

The 30-year-old said: "I was 3-2 down and the absorption was triumph the limb (when I deed the nine-darter). I was saying to myself 'play your game', and I deed one, past I was similar 'yes'.

"That's what you request to bash erstwhile you're 3-2 down successful sets and you are starting, due to the fact that it's the champion of 3 – that means that immoderate is going on, you've got to marque it hap close now.

"So I went 180, 180, past I went treble, treble, treble 18, and I was similar 'yes that's my leg'. And afterwards, aft I played the crippled and won it, radical were like, 'Dimi, you've deed a nine-darter', and past I was like, 'oh yeah, I deed a nine'!"

The Belgian besides spoke astir the chances missed during the match, noting that helium had opportunities to springiness himself immoderate breathing country but couldn't. Van den Bergh said: "I felt successful the crippled that determination were galore opportunities and determination were galore moments wherever I didn't instrumentality them and successful the end, I deliberation it was written successful the entity for erstwhile that MVG didn't person his night.

"So, I'll conscionable instrumentality it connected committee and maine and MVG person conscionable seen the stats, it was a 98 for Michael and a 97 for me. We didn't decorativeness and people the mode we usually bash but contiguous has been for maine – what tin I say, I americium stoked."

With a jubilant grin and fist clenched to the camera, helium added: "This Belgian quality is done to the freaking quarter-finals; blessed days."

Van den Bergh will travel up against Nathan Aspinall successful the adjacent circular of the tournament, aft the Englishman battled his mode into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 triumph implicit Cameron Menzies. The matches volition instrumentality spot from 12:45pm today, with Van den Bergh taking connected Aspinall astatine 4pm.