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Beau Greaves has made darts history by becoming nan first female to triumph a PDC ranking title. The 22-year-old hit 3 erstwhile world champions astatine nan Players Championship successful Milton Keynes, seeing disconnected Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Michael Smith.
Greaves completed a nailbiting 8-7 triumph complete Smith successful nan last pinch a stunning 142 checkout. She said: “I can’t judge it. I was up a adjacent fewer legs and I started to deliberation astir it. It caught up pinch me.
“I don’t cognize whether I thought astir being nan first female to do one. I can’t judge I’ve deed that. I can’t judge I took retired that. I’ve had a awesome year, but I ne'er thought I’d triumph 1 of these. Never.”
In nan semi-finals Greaves produced a superb show to sound retired Anderson, a two-time world champion, 7-1, having edged past Cross 6-5 successful nan past eight. “I americium truthful happy I can’t moreover picture really I feel,” she said.
“To person won connected nan Development Tour, Challenge Tour, PDC Women’s Series, I americium truthful proud of myself because I was struggling truthful bad astatine nan commencement of nan year, really bad. I can’t judge it.
“I cognize I’ve sewage nan expertise and nan talent, but I’ve beaten Gary Anderson and I couldn’t judge it. Beating Michael, beating players that I watched increasing up. It’s astonishing and I consciousness really proud of myself. Now I request to footwear connected and support doing it.”
