IT'S BEEN ROCKY BUT I BELIEVE

JOSH ROCK'S belief that he deserves his place in the Premier League has not been diminished by a hat-trick of 6-2 defeats to date.

- PADDY TIERNEY

Belfast's SSE Arena hosts night four tomorrow and Rock (above) is hoping for a swift upturn in fortunes in front of home fans.

Having lost to Johnny Clayton, Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries on successive Thursday nights, the Broughshane man is relishing the chance to gain his first points when he takes on World Championship finalist Gian van Veen in the quarter-final.

He said: "Yeah, obviously, fingers crossed, but I haven't been playing badly. Everybody's just been playing better than me.