Beau Greaves wins WDF Darts title and £25,000 after turning down Ally Pally
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Beau Greaves is £25,000 richer after strolling to the WDF Women's World Darts Championship title.
Greaves had been the bookies' favourite going into the tournament, which took place at the Lakeside Country Club. And she duly breezed past all before her as she claimed back-to-back world championship crowns.
Beau 'n Arrow didn't drop a set on her way to the final, seeing off Lorraine Hyde, Paula Murphy and Rhian O'Sullivan. That set up a scintillating duel with Dutch star Aileen De Graaf, who overcame Lisa Ashton in her semi-final.
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However, there was no contest in the final as Greaves dominated throughout. The 19-year-old raced into a 3-0 sets lead before De Graaf pulled one back to make it 3-1.
But it was just a matter of time before Greaves got her name on the trophy – and her hands on the £25,000 cheque – and she duly wrapped things up in style by winning the fifth and final set by three legs to nil. It secured a 4-1 win overall for the Doncaster-born thrower, who hit two 180s and recorded an 84.28 average during her success.
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Victory also vindicates Greaves' decision not to participate in the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship. Although the teen prodigy had qualified for the tournament, she turned down the invite in favour of defending her Lakeside crown.
Speaking after he win, she said: "It feels great. It's still really weird being stood here after the whole week is done. Fair play to Aileen, she's a great player but I just got ahead at the right time. I enjoyed the game, and I'm just so happy to be stood here right now.
"When I went off in the break [after the fourth set] I told myself 'I just need to get ahead now' because I know what Aileen is like and she was going to bite on my ankles the whole way. My scoring was good, my doubles were ok, so I'm just relieved.
"I got on with it, and I'm really happy. She's absolutely amazing and it was a great game, I thought she would get me at some point in the New Year, and I'm happy to be stood here right now."
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