by World Darts Championship: Beau Greaves doesn’t wish to be in comparison with Fallon Sherrock
Beau Greaves (proper) doesn’t wish to be in comparison with ‘Queen of the Palace’ Fallon Sherrock
Darts’ hottest property Beau Greaves says she will not be on the lookout for comparisons with Fallon Sherrock as she prepares for her maiden look on the World Championship.
The 18-year-old from Doncaster earned her place within the showpiece match on the Alexandra Palace after she received eight tournaments in a row on the PDC Girls’s Collection.
She prolonged her profitable streak to an unimaginable 52 video games since then and a number of other of the highest male gamers, together with defending champion Peter Wright, have stated they don’t wish to face her, with Eire’s Willie O’Connor first within the firing line in subsequent Friday’s first spherical.
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Greaves earned her spot within the match after beating Sherrock to complete above her opponent within the order of benefit.
Sherrock has subsequently been awarded a spot for her victory on the inaugural Girls’s Masters in July, whereas Lisa Ashton has additionally certified, which means there will probably be three ladies within the first-round draw.
Sherrock is the trailblazer for girls on the World Championship following her landmark run to the third spherical in 2020, however Greaves will not be on the lookout for comparisons.
“What Fallon did was sensible, you’ll be able to’t take that away from her,” she stated. “She did sensible darts and clearly the alternatives anybody would take.
“For me I’ve by no means appeared as much as her as a task mannequin as a result of I knew her earlier than she did that. I do not wish to be in comparison with Fallon in stuff like that, what she did was superb, however I wish to do my very own factor and simply kind of preserve to myself and preserve having fun with it.
“I’ve by no means actually had a task mannequin. It is just me throwing the darts and we are going to see what occurs. Typically I nonetheless overlook that I’m nonetheless an adolescent, I’m solely 18 and I overlook that when I’m doing all these items.
“I’m actually grateful for it and the life I’ve had up till now has been superb and I would not change it for the world. I’m simply going to maintain doing what I’m doing.”
“I’ve by no means appeared as much as her as a task mannequin as a result of I knew her earlier than she did that. I do not wish to be in comparison with Fallon, what she did was superb, however I wish to do my very own factor and simply kind of preserve to myself and preserve having fun with it” Beau Greaves on Fallon Sherrock
Whereas Greaves, whose profession was hit with dartitis lately, says she has new heights to achieve, she views her look and the well-known venue as a bonus.
“I by no means considered it as a dream, I used to be extra for simply taking part in the women darts and I used to be content material with that,” she stated. “It kind of occurred, I did not plan it or anticipate it.
“My mindset hasn’t modified in any respect, I’m simply so glad simply to play anyplace, I take pleasure in taking part in.
“I’m attempting not to consider it an excessive amount of, I do not wish to overthink it and find yourself dreading it. I’m not one to usually look ahead to that kind of stuff however I do know I’ll have lots of assist.
“For me it was only a bonus and I’m over the moon to get the possibility.
“I do know the group may very well be on my facet, I’m not too bothered about inflicting shocks, so long as I wish to be up there and I take pleasure in being up there than that’s simply sufficient for me.
“I’m nonetheless coming again this yr, I’ve had such yr and the Ally Pally was a bonus for me and in my thoughts that’s simply what it’s.
“I really feel like I should not be there nearly. It does not matter if I do not win, I can say I’ve performed there. I’m simply going to do my greatest and hopefully it really works.
“However I do know I can play properly and I really feel like nobody has ever seen me play how I can actually play. I really feel like I’ve acquired gears and I can flip it on after I must.”
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As superb because it may be travelling round Europe and profitable darts tournaments, Greaves will not be allowed to get carried away.
Nonetheless residing together with her mother and father and siblings in Doncaster, Greaves nonetheless experiences the identical points each teenager does.
“Typically you might be on a correct excessive and also you come again and mum is having a go at me about one thing,” she stated. “It’s such a distinction once you come again from a darting weekend, I’ve by no means been handled any totally different and I would not need that anyway.
“It’s good to come back again from the darts and never observe for a day or two and simply return to no matter I usually do by the week.”
Watch the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship – dwell on Sky Sports activities – from December 15 to January 3.
