Beau Greaves

After a strong start, Beau Greaves faded and lost 3-0 to Irishman Williams O'Connor in the first round of the PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra ...

And then used it as she walked off stage, I'm not a fan of that truth be told.” Darts fans also marvelled about another thing she did on the famous stage. O’Connor hit back straight away but only after Greaves had registered her first 180. Another commented: “Beau Greaves with the phone up on stage and checking it as she goes to a break! But if there were any nerves, she didn’t show them, winning the leg with a brilliant 120 checkout with 60, 20 and double top. Another said: “Beau Greaves checking her phone after the first set [laughing face emoji].”

Beau Greaves fell to a straight sets defeat against William O'Connor in the World Darts Championship but looked at home as she made history.

The 36-year-old said: '[I'm] definitely happy to get the win in that one... Beau Greaves made history as she became the youngest woman to play in the tournament - Greaves became the youngest woman ever to play in the Championship

First comes the Magpie, then the German Giant and, most likely, the Machine after that.

It is comfortably the biggest stage on which Greaves has ever played and she has no idea if she will be able to hear her family amid the cacophony of noise. “When I first started playing darts, my dad always said to me, ‘The minute you stop enjoying it, just stop playing’,” she said. “If I wasn’t doing darts, I probably would have liked to have done his round all the time. “My dad used to have a window round and I used to love it,” she said. Of her nickname, she says: “It was one of my dad’s mates who used to play in the bar with us. I honestly thought I was going to miss the board.

Who is Beau Greaves? Age, achievements and world ranking ahead of PDC World Darts Championship debut. Teenage star takes on William O'Connor at Alexandra Palace ...

Non-Sky customers have the option to purchase Despite having had an excellent year on the WDF circuit it’s an incredibly difficult first round match for the 18-year old against a very good opponent who has gone deep in this tournament before. Her opponent at the Ally Pally will be William O’Connor who is twice her age and has been competing on the PDC circuit since 2009.

Amid a lot of hype surrounding Beau Greaves before the tournament began and rightfully so given her superb 2022, this was dealt with superbly by William ...

A 107 checkout from O’Connor saw him break and he hit double four to go one away. She missed 144 to go 2-0 up but returned for double three. O’Connor hit a timely 180 to leave 82 and he pinned it to break for 2-1.

There was no fairy tale for teenage sensation Beau Greaves as she suffered a first-round exit to Ireland's Willie O'Connor at the World Darts Championship.

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The 18-year-old women's darts superstar suffered a 3-0 defeat to Willie O'Connor in the first round at Alexandra Palace.

Her maiden appearance had started in eye-catching fashion as she nailed a 120 checkout in the opening leg, but she later missed double sixteen to take the set and allowed O’Connor to take the lead. The crowd were loud in their support of the Doncaster thrower, but O’Connor held his nerve to finish the match with six legs in a row and celebrated the moment magnanimously as he raised Greaves’ hand. The 18-year-old is the youngest woman to compete in the tournament, and has been in dominant form in the PDC Women’s Series, but she was unable to land a blow on her Irish opponent.

William O'Connor has opened up about his approach to his highly-anticipated first round match against Beau Greaves at the World Darts Championship.

She’s got a bright future ahead of her. “She’s a lovely human being, I can’t say a bad word about her. I didn’t do media. “I didn’t do any media. At the age of 18, the Doncaster teenager appears to have the darting world at her feet and there was huge media interest in her first match against Irishman O’Connor. Asked how he prepared mentally for such a high-profile game, he told Sky Sports: “She’s just another darts player.

Beau Greaves' highly-anticipated debut at the PDC world championship ended in a hard-fought defeat to William O'Connor.

That shift in momentum proved decisive as O’Connor eased through the third set to win 3-0, averaging 94.26 to Greaves’ 88.34. In a high-quality opening set, Doncaster’s Greaves lost throw in the third leg, broke straight back but then narrowly missed double 16 to complete a 105 checkout. Greaves started in breathtaking fashion, however, taking the first leg with a 120 checkout.