Van Duijvenbode does not aspire to become full-time darts player: “I will always continue to combine it”

"I have been combining work and darts for years, most weeks of the year I am busy every day. I currently practice 3 to 4 hours a day, but even if I was a full-time professional I would not suddenly start practicing again. My ultimate goal is to become world champion, but I will always continue to combine it with my work at the aubergine farm. I also worked on days off at the World Championship, "said Van Duijvenbode to Jinek .

His job gave the Dutchman the nickname 'Aubergenius'. "At the World Championship, there are English commentators who suddenly start using it a lot, but actually it was not entirely new, after all, in February last year someone came up with that nickname; Only that did not get much resonance at the time."

Van Duijvenbode has also been seeing a sports psychologist for some time. "Most of it is of course professional confidentiality, but I can tell you that it is sometimes a relief to be able to talk about certain things. Recently an opponent said certain things to me after a game, I needed to be able to discuss that with my psychologist and came out stronger afterwards. "