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Evetts looks back on World Championship defeat to Sherrock: "I must have had probably well over 1,000 messages of pure hate"
PDCTuesday, 13 July 2021 at 11:00
History was made at the 2020 PDC World Championship with a woman beating a man for the first time when Fallon Sherrock shattered the glass ceiling in defeating Ted Evetts.
Sherrock's story is one that has been told all over TV and in interviews since that win but the PDC took to look at Evetts' side in history.
"As soon as I saw I had Fallon, it's not a bad draw, don't get me wrong I could have gone there and drew a Ross Smith, a Chris Dobey, the players that are just outside that top 32 at the time and thinking I'm happy I haven't got those. But at the same time, I've got Fallon I know I'm going to be the evil person on the stage as such," said Evetts to PDC.
"Fallon played exceptional that night, we had a great game together. I was thinking what have I got to do to break her but nothing I did that night was going to change what happened. She played that great."
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He also discussed the aftermath as well as what it was like being in the cauldron that is Alexandra Palace and the constant booing.
"An hour of just pure everything against me. I walk up to the oche, walk off the stage for the break, you have to block it out but at the same time use it to your advantage like you don't want me to win, I'm going to win."
"It's one of those nights I'm never going to forget, it's going to be a pub quiz question for the rest of my life really."
Dark side to Fallon defeat
But there was a dark side to his defeat to Sherrock with Evetts revealing the hate he received up to this year with family members targetted just for losing to Sherrock.
"I was getting messages about it up to February this year, maybe March. I must have had probably well over 1,000 messages of pure hate, don't get me wrong I'm pretty stubborn but there was one message that come through, I lost it. It was towards my Mum and I was like as soon as that come through, say anything you want to me as soon as it goes to my family that's when I start losing it."
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