Dirk van Duijvenbode has given an insight on his struggles on the oche, linking it to fatherhood and becoming a dad for the second time. He will be putting that to one side this week as he prepares to take on Michael van Gerwen in the first round of the World Grand Prix.
Dirk van Duijvenbode has announced the birth of his second child, a baby girl named Loïs, capping off an emotional week for the Dutchman on and off the oche.
It is raining nine-dart finishes in Leicester, as Dirk van Duijvenbode is already the fourth player to manage to finish a leg in nine darts at the two-part Players Championship tournament in Leicester.