Greaves beats Sherrock to win Women's World Matchplay title

Beau Greaves successfully defended her Women's World Matchplay title, beating Fallon Sherrock 6-3 successful nan last astatine Blackpool's Winter Gardens.

Greaves, 20, was level pinch Sherrock astatine 2-2 but averaged 98.75 and collapsed propulsion 4 times to win.

Her tourney triumph pocketed nan apical seed £10,000 successful prize money.

"I played really good successful nan final," Greaves told Sky Sports.

"Fair play to Fallon, we had a awesome game. It's bully to play good connected TV.

"I'm grateful for this infinitesimal and it's decidedly a bully representation for me."

Greaves' triumph earns her a spot astatine some nan Grand Slam of Darts and nan World Championship.

Greaves started nan time by signaling a 4-1 triumph complete Katie Sheldon to scope nan past four.

In a repetition of nan 2023 final, Greaves was a 5-2 victor complete Mikuru Suzuki successful nan semi-finals, but required 7 lucifer darts to clinch victory.

Sherrock, nan 2022 champion, hit Anastasia Dobromyslova successful nan quarter-finals.

She past narrowly progressed done nan semi-finals, coming backmost from 3-1 down to triumph 5-4 against Lisa Ashton. Both players struggled to return retired doubles passim nan tie, pinch Ashton missing 7 lucifer darts successful nan tightest lucifer of nan tournament.

In nan men's event, Michael van Gerwen faces Michael Smith successful nan last later connected Sunday. You tin travel unrecorded matter sum of that lucifer connected nan BBC Sport website from 19:30 BST.

Women's World Matchplay results:

Quarter-finals:

Beau Greaves 4-1 Katie Sheldon

Mikuru Suzuki 4-2 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Fallon Sherrock 4-0 Anastasia Dobromyslova

Lisa Ashton 4-1 Rhian O'Sullivan

Semi-finals:

Beau Greaves 5-2 Mikuru Suzuki

Fallon Sherrock 5-4 Lisa Ashton

Final:

Beau Greaves 6-3 Fallon Sherrock