Nathan Aspinall blasts media for lack of respect after booking World Championship quarter-final spot
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Nathan Aspinall feels he suffers from a lack of respect from the darts media, believing he is routinely written off despite his impressive achivements. The former World Matchplay and UK Open champion booked a place in the quarter-finals of the World Championship on Monday afternoon thanks to a comfortable 4-0 win over Ricardo Pietreczko.
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The Asp played well but the German was unbelievably bad, finishing with an average of 78.46, seemingly struggling with the occasion and the hostile reception from the London crowd. Aspinall has now dropped just one set on his run to the last eight, where he will meet Luke Littler or Ryan Joyce, and he feels he should be talked up more in the press.
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It has not been a spectacular year for the 33-year-old on tour and he was not tipped as one of the favourites heading to Alexandra Palace, but he thinks he should have been given his major titles and two semi-final appearances at Ally Pally in the past.
‘You underestimate me, all of you,’ Aspinall told a post-match press conference. ‘I never get any respect. ‘I’m not going to go all Joe Cullen here, but I always get written-off, no one ever talks about me and I’m a two-time major champion and a fantastic dart player.
‘I’ve come through so much, come back fighting and keep proving people wrong time and time again. It’s up to me to go up on that stage and prove you lot wrong who write me off.’. Despite it clearly being on his mind, the Asp insisted he is less bothered about the opinions of others than he used to be and he is enjoying himself on the oche at the moment.
