Dirk van Duijvenbode has been in red hot form so far this season sealing three titles and also missing match darts in the final of a European Tour for further success.
His ProTour dominance continued at Players Championship 10 and he has now achieved his title aim for the season with Van Duijvenbode's mindset setting around constant improvement year on year adding one more to his title haul each time.
"I wanted three [titles] and I have three," said Van Duijvenbode.
"I think I was a bit lucky today. I shouldn't have been lucky but against Matt Campbell I should have won 6-3 or 6-2, and I didn't finish it off and at the end he was better.
"I was lucky that I won it at the end and now I won the tournament. In the final, I was so happy with the 156. Jose was about to come back.
"Sometimes I think that knowing what you're capable of, knowing you can hit two 180s in a row, you always feel confident. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not."
Now the top ten is his next goal and his mindset is about not being satisfied until he reaches his goals and also gaining further confidence.
"Two years ago when I made the top 32, I wanted to maintain the top 32 position because I didn't think I was good enough to make the top 16 on a regular basis," added the world number 11.
"Now the top ten is my goal for this year. The gap was very big between me and the top ten, I'm closing it but you won't get it easily because they're all good.
"I'm trying my best, trying to keep improving and not be satisfied. I need to be eager to keep on winning and keep on improving. I need to work on my confidence and my game is getting better every week."
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