Greaves becomes first woman to win match on European Tour

Beau Greaves made darts past by becoming the archetypal pistillate to triumph a lucifer connected the European Tour.

The 22-year-old, who was edged retired 6-5 by Rob Cross connected her European Tour debut successful Hungary past week, bushed Daryl Gurney 6-4 successful the Czech Open.

Gurney bushed Greaves successful a deciding acceptable successful their first-round lucifer astatine the PDC World Championship successful December and helium moved into a 3-1 pb successful Prague.

However, Greaves reeled disconnected 3 consecutive legs with 14, 13 and 11-dart finishes to spell 4-3 successful beforehand and, adjacent though Gurney levelled astatine 4-4, she went connected to instrumentality triumph and go the archetypal pistillate victor successful the European Tour's 15-year history.

"It feels amazing," said Greaves, who volition play satellite fig 2 Luke Humphries successful the 2nd circular connected Saturday.

"It's conscionable truthful bully to triumph a game, I was truthful tense astatine the start, I don't cognize why. It took maine truthful agelong to get settled, but luckily I did capable to triumph the game.

"It means loads to me, the crowd's fantastic. It's specified a choky signifier and you consciousness truthful overmuch from the crowd. I'm truly enjoying it and loving the experience."

It is the latest successful a database of achievements for Doncaster's Greaves which see her becoming the archetypal pistillate to triumph a PDC ranking title erstwhile she bushed Michael Smith successful April.

She is besides the archetypal pistillate to deed a nine-dart decorativeness connected the PDC ProTour, having done truthful successful a triumph against Mensur Suljovic successful February.

Greaves besides won the Women's World Matchplay for the 3rd clip erstwhile she bushed Fallon Sherrock successful July.

On facing Humphries, she added: "I've played Luke connected the large signifier earlier truthful I cognize what to expect, he's satellite people truthful I'm going to person to play a batch amended than I did tonight.

"What much bash you privation than connected a Euro Tour to play 1 of the champion players successful the world? I'll look guardant to it and I'll beryllium ready."