VICTORY FOR VAN LEUVEN! 🇳🇱 Noa-Lynn van Leuven clinches her maiden PDC Women's Series title in Wigan! 🏆 Van Leuven overcomes some late double trouble to defeat Irish youngster Katie Sheldon in the Event Two final!
Noa-Lynn van Leuven wins her first tournament on PDC Women's Series with wins over Beau Greaves & Fallon Sherrock en route
PDCSaturday, 23 March 2024 at 20:12
The second tournament of the PDC Women's Series has been won by Noa-Lynn van Leuven. It is the first time for the Dutch transwoman has been able to win a Women's Series tournament.
This title comes a week after Van Leuven caused a sensation by winning a Challenge Tour tournament for the first time. Now the 27-year-old managed to beat some of the best women in the world.
With wins over Roos van der Velde (4-0), Anca Zijlstra (4-0), Hannah Meek (4-0) and Marie Fitton (4-2), the quarterfinals were easily reached. Van Leuven then won over both Beau Greaves (5-3) and Fallon Sherrock (5-3). Then Katie Sheldon was swept aside 5-2 in the final.
Van Leuven's title comes on the day two teammates decided to drop out of the Dutch women's team because of her. Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf refuse to be on a team with a trans woman any longer. Earlier, Deta Hedman spoke out in favor of not allowing transgender players to play women's darts.
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Results PDC Women's Series 2
Last 16
Lorraine Winstanley 4 | 0 Maria O'Brien
Fallon Sherrock 4 | 3 Robyn Byrne
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4 | 2 Marie Fitton
Beau Greaves 4 | 1 Yukie Sakaguchi
Anastasia Dobromyslova 4 | 0 Denise Cassidy
Katie Sheldon 4 | 2 Leanne Topper
Mikuru Suzuki 4 | 2 Samantha Kirton
Angela Kirkwood 4 | 0 Chris Savvery
Quarterfinals
Fallon Sherrock 5 | 0 Lorraine Winstanley
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 3 Beau Greaves
Katie Sheldon 5 | 0 Anastasia Dobromyslova
Mikuru Suzuki 5 | 1 Angela Kirkwood
Semi-final
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 3 Fallon Sherrock
Katie Sheldon 5 | 4 Mikuru Suzuki
Final
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 2 Katie Sheldon
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