'Brilliant' - Beau Greaves exits Grand Slam of Darts with stellar endorsement from ex-world champion
Beau Greaves might have suffered an early exit from the Grand Slam of Darts, but she did so with a ringing endorsement in her ears from one of the sport's greats.
The 21-year-old from Doncaster has been the talk of darts recently after landing a PDC tour card for the next two years as well as high-profile victories over world champion Luke Littler. She arrived at the Grand Slam in Wolverhampton with plenty of attention fixed on her and she lived up to the hype, posting back-to-back 100-plus averages against former world champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson only to be pipped in each game in last-leg deciders.
That sealed an early exit for the Sprotbrough thrower, regardless of her result in the final group game against Niko Springer on Tuesday. After a classic encounter against Greaves on Sunday, two-time champ Anderson said: "She’s brilliant, isn’t she? Absolutely.
"She’s going to cause so much trouble next year on the circuit. She had chances. I mean, Michael [van Gerwen] gave her a chance last night, didn’t he? She could’ve won both of those matches. She’s going to be massive for the sport."
Greaves now turns her attentions to the World Youth Championship final against Gian van Veen which takes place in Minehead on November 23.