Beau Greaves moved a step closer to a third consecutive WDF Women’s World Championship title after thrashing Deta Hedman to secure her spot in Sunday’s final.
The women’s world No 1 despatched Kirsi Viinikainen and Jikta Cisarova in straight sets to reach the last four at Lakeside, where she dropped just three legs on her way to a 3-0 victory over the fourth seed.
Greaves threw two 180s and a brilliant 148 finish on the way to taking the first set 3-1, with three more maximums helping her claim the next set by the same margin and grab control of the contest.
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Beau Greaves dismantled Cameron Menzies 5-1 to secure her first win at the Grand Slam of Darts last month.
Hedman recovered from being broken in the opening leg of the third set to immediately break back herself, only for Greaves to break again and then seal a convincing victory with a 120 checkout.
“I feel absolutely brilliant,” Greaves said after her victory. “There’s nothing negative about it. Obviously I’ve won and I played a little better than I have done the past two games, so positive moving onto the final.”
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PDC chief executive officer Matt Porter says he gets Beau Greaves’ decision to play at this year’s WDF Lakeside instead of the PDC’s World Championships but hopes to see at the Ally Pally in the near future.
The 20-year-old will face Sophie McKinlay next, after the Scottish teenager saw off Lerena Rietbergen 3-1 in the other semi-final.
McKinlay is also through to the Girls’ World Championship final against England’s Paige Pauling, held earlier on Sunday, after impressively defeating 2023 girls’ winner Aurora Fochesato in straight sets.
In the men’s competition, 70-year-old Paul Lim continued to roll back the years and thrashed American Jason Brandon 5-0 to reach the final.
Lim, who famously achieved the first World Championship nine-dart finish in 1990, won 14 consecutive legs before closing out a straight-sets victory and set up a final against Ireland’s Shane McGuirk.
When will the PDC World Darts Championship take place?
The tournament gets underway at Alexandra Palace on Sunday December 15, with three first-round matches and one second-round match on the opening evening.
There will be live darts over each of the following eight days, including seven afternoon sessions, with the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day before returning with the third round and a double session on December 27.
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The third and fourth rounds will be completed by December 30 before a night off on New Year’s Eve, with the quarter-finals held across two sessions on New Year’s Day ahead of the semi-finals on January 2 and the final on Friday January 3.
The full day-by-day schedule for this year’s tournament can be found here.
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