Beau Greaves gained a twenty fourth PDC Ladies’s Sequence title in Niedernhausen, Germany – however couldn’t full a clear sweep as Aileen de Graaf later collected her first occasion victory
Greaves, who just lately lifted the Ladies’s World Matchplay title in Blackpool, coasted by to the ultimate of the Sequence 13 match on Saturday afternoon, the place she beat Dutch participant Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-1.
The Doncaster star, although, got here up brief within the second Sequence 14 occasion when she was edged out 4-3 within the final 16 by De Graaf, who went on to defeat compatriot Anca Zijlstra 5-2 in an all-Netherlands closing for her first sequence triumph.
Greaves, nicknamed ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ recorded a trio of whitewash wins in advancing to the final eight, dispatching Fiona Roberts, Priscilla Steenbergen and Kelly Streef earlier than sweeping apart Daniela Schug 5-2 within the quarter-finals.
She continued the procession with a 5-1 thrashing of Natalie Gilbert within the final 4, earlier than changing a shocking 148 checkout to wrap up victory over Van Leuven by the identical scoreline.
Van Leuven additionally impressed in advancing to a 3rd Ladies’s Sequence closing of 2024, averaging 90 and 92 in wins over Kim Holden and Aurora Fochesato.
The Dutch star then overturned a 4-2 deficit in opposition to Robyn Byrne within the final eight, and she or he reeled off 4 consecutive legs from 4-1 right down to dump out De Graaf within the semi-finals.
Nonetheless, De Graaf avenged that end result on her technique to a maiden PDC title in Occasion 14, which she sealed with a hard-fought 5-2 success in opposition to Anca Zijlstra.
De Graaf – a Ladies’s World Matchplay runner-up in 2022 – had misplaced in all 5 of her earlier Ladies’s Sequence finals, however she lastly broke that duck to turn out to be the seventh totally different winner on the circuit in 2024.
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Greaves efficiently retained the Ladies’s World Matchplay title with a 6-3 victory over Fallon Sherrock
Following convincing wins over Sandy Wolf, Laura Patton and Tanja Klueners, De Graaf survived match darts within the final 16 to thwart Greaves’ bid for back-to-back titles.
The 34-year-old then ran out a 5-2 winner in opposition to Van Leuven within the quarter-finals, earlier than seeing off four-time Lakeside girls’s champion Lisa Ashton in a heavyweight semi-final showdown.
Zijlstra dumped out two-time Lakeside girls’s champion Mikuru Suzuki and former girls’s world No 1 Lorraine Winstanley in her run to the Occasion 14 decider, solely to fall brief in opposition to her compatriot.
2024 PDC Ladies’s Sequence
Saturday August 10, H+ Resort, Niedernhausen
Occasion 13
Quarter-Finals
Beau Greaves 5-2 Daniela Schug
Natalie Gilbert 5-4 Rhian O’Sullivan
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-4 Robyn Byrne
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Laura Turner
Semi-Finals
Beau Greaves 5-1 Natalie Gilbert
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-4 Aileen de Graaf
Remaining
Beau Greaves 5-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Occasion 14
Quarter-Finals
Anca Zijlstra 5-1 Lorraine Hyde
Lorraine Winstanley 5-2 Aletta Wajer
Lisa Ashton 5-1 Neuza Araujo
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Semi-Finals
Anca Zijlstra 5-4 Lorraine Winstanley
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Lisa Ashton
Remaining
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Anca Zijlstra
What’s subsequent on Sky Sports activities?
Luke Humphries lifted the World Grand Prix title in Leicester final yr
The 2024 BoyleSports World Grand Prix is subsequent on the Sky Sports activities darting calendar.
The annual £600,000 match will happen on the Mattioli Enviornment in Leicester from October 7-13, as 32 of the world’s high stars compete for the coveted title which was gained by Luke Humphries.
Humphries celebrated his maiden TV rating title with victory over Gerwyn Worth in final yr’s match, and the world No 1 will return to defend his title later this yr.
Six-time champion Michael van Gerwen can be set to star, with teenage celebrity Luke Littler poised to make his double-start debut within the East Midlands.
In a change to final yr’s format, Saturday’s semi-finals on October 12 shall be contested over the very best of 9 units, with the ultimate set to be performed over the very best of 11 units on Sunday, October 13.
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This is a glance again finally yr’s thrilling World Grand Prix closing in Leicester
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