Beau Greaves narrowly missed out on becoming the second woman in history to win a match at the World Darts Championship after a dramatic 3-2 defeat to Daryl Gurney at Alexandra Palace.Greaves has dominated the PDC Women’s Series, secured her PDC Tour Card and beaten Luke Littler in the World Youth Championship semi-finals during a memorable campaign, with the 21-year-old coming close to a famous victory against the 22nd seed.
She won more legs, scored more 180s and fired a higher average than her opponent, with Greaves twice battling back from a set down to take the first-round clash to a final-set decider.
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Greaves took out 128 superbly as she went on to take the second set against Gurney
Gurney clawed back momentum with a stunning 144 finish before closing out victory in the next leg, booking ‘Super Chin’ a second-round meeting with Callan Rydz and keeping Fallon Sherrock – who reached the third round in 2020 – as the only woman to win a match on the Alexandra Palace stage.”She’s the best woman darts player on the planet,” Gurney told Sky Sports. “If there’s going to be a darts player that can win the World Championship or any majors, that’s the player.
“Even from a man’s point of view, that woman has some cajones. What a dart player, honestly what a dart player. Everyone said she was favourite coming into the game but sometimes I show my class and my composure and I got over the finish line.
“The only thing that separated us was the 144. When I went 2-1 up [in the final set] I thought ‘don’t give her a sniff’. I missed some doubles but fair play to Beau. All this crowd should respect her because next year she’s going to be a force to reckon with.”
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Greaves narrowly lost out to Gurney
How Gurney pipped Greaves in final setA nervy opening set saw Gurney hold throw with a 90 checkout and capitalise on Greaves busting on the wrong score to break in the next, with ‘Super Chin’ wasting set darts to allow his opponent to break back before winning the final-leg decider.Greaves burst into life during the second set – where she averaged over…
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