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Glen Durrant "was a little bit surprised" by Beau Greaves post-Matchplay comments: "If anyone is going to do something as a female player in the men's game it's her"
PDCSunday, 28 July 2024 at 10:00
Beau Greaves won the Women's World Matchplay for the second consecutive year last weekend. In the final, she was too strong for Fallon Sherrock, securing an impressive 6-3 win.
Afterwards, Greaves revealed that she hopes the PDC will continue to expand the women's circuit in the future. After all, she indicated that despite her participation in the PDC Development Tour, the Grand Slam of Darts and the World Darts Championship in the past, she doesn't actually like to throw against men. According to her, women will also never be able to match the level of men, especially on a regular basis.
"The feedback has been about how honest she's been and isn't she great for our sport. But I wanted someone like Beau Greaves, who is the best female player I've seen, who can average 110 in full flow, I wanted her to say, 'I'm going to the Grand Slam, I had a taste of it last time and they're going to get it!'" Glen Durrant, a three-time BDO world champion and also a former Premier League Darts winner, says in conversation with Sky Sports. "I was a little bit surprised because if anyone is going to do something as a female player in the men's game, then yeah, Beau Greaves has got all the attributes that you'd need."
Beau Greaves with her World Matchplay trophy
Durrant therefore advocates that Greaves should get more big stage experience in front of a crowd. "I was sat with her manager, and hopefully I'm not talking out of turn, but I was saying 'get her on some exhibitions, I want to see her!' Because she is funny and she's got a real personality about her, but we only see her sporadically," 'Duzza' continues. "I want to see more of Beau Greaves because she's incredible, she really is."
The next time Greaves will be on the big stage is the upcoming Grand Slam of Darts. "You just feel like she'll clam up a little bit because she'll be thinking 'I can't beat any of the men', that mentality," concludes Durrant with worry. "But I tell you what, no one wants to draw her. Damon Heta and Nathan Aspinall last year had more of a sweat on than they've ever had."
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