Beau Greaves, 20, successfully defends her Women's World Matchplay title, beating Fallon Sherrock 6-3 in the final.
Beau Greaves beat Katie Sheldon, Mikuru Suzuki and Fallon Sherrock on her way to winning the 2024 Women's World Matchplay titleBeau Greaves successfully defended her Women's World Matchplay title, beating Fallon Sherrock 6-3 in the final at Blackpool's Winter Gardens.Her tournament victory pocketed the top seed £10,000 in prize money."Fair play to Fallon, we had a great game. It's nice to play well on TV.
In a repeat of the 2023 final, Greaves was a 5-2 winner over Mikuru Suzuki in the semi-finals, but required seven match darts to clinch victory.She then narrowly progressed through the semi-finals, coming back from 3-1 down to win 5-4 against Lisa Ashton. Both players struggled to take out doubles throughout the tie, with Ashton missing seven match darts in the tightest match of the tournament.
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