16/06/2024

Lisa Ashton grabs double in Wigan after win over Beau Greaves in Women's Series 12 final

Lisa Ashton ended the third tournament weekend of the PDC Women's Series by winning the 12th event of the season. That marked a second win for 'The Lancashire Rose' after she also won the 11th tournament of the year earlier in the day.

There was no stopping Ashton from taking victory, as she beat the two highest-ranked players on the Women's Series Order of Merit en route to her victory. Earlier in the tournament, Ashton had won over Ingibjorg Magnusdottir (4-2), Lorraine Hyde (4-1), Neuza Araujo (4-3) and Laura Turner (5-0) to qualify for the semifinals. The 53-year-old Englishwoman then won 5-2 over Sherrock in the semifinals. Then the four-time women's world champion played her best match of the day in the final. Thanks to an average of 89.39, Ashton was 5-1 too strong for Greaves.

Lisa Ashton wins 11th PDC Women's Series tournament with final win over Aileen de Graaf

How much prize money is up for grabs at the PDC Women's Series?

If at least 128 players participate, the PDC Women's Series participants will be awarded prizes from the last 64, with fifty pounds for reaching this round. If there are fewer than 128 players, the counter only starts running from the last 32. In that case they do collect one hundred pounds.

This amount eventually keeps increasing. A final place already earns 1,000 pounds anyway. The winner of the tournament receives 2,000 pounds in prize money. The number one of the final ranking gets to compete at the Grand Slam of Darts and the World Darts Championship, while the number two also gets to compete at Alexandra Palace.