Fallon Sherrock celebrates after beating Mensur Suljovic
Fallon Sherrock celebrates after beating Mensur Suljovic

Fallon Sherrock eyes World Championship title after beating Mensur Suljovic


Fallon Sherrock insists she can win the World Darts Championship after she progressed to the last 32 with a 3-1 win over 11th seed Mensur Suljovic at Alexandra Palace.

The 25-year-old, who became the first woman to win a match at the tournament with a first-round win over Ted Evetts, missed only five doubles in a superb performance against the Austrian.

When asked if she could win the tournament, Sherrock told Sky Sports: "Why not? I have won two games, I am just going to take each game as it comes but there is nothing to say that I can't. I am going to try.

"I have just proved that we (women) can beat anyone. I have beaten two of the best players in the world. If that doesn't show that women can play darts, I don't know what does."

She added: "I'm speechless. With everything that has been going on the last couple of days I have just been focusing on my finishing because I know that I can score.

"I'm still waiting for it all to sink in. I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight. It's amazing, when that dart (at bull to win) went in it was a sigh of relief."

Sherrock will return to Alexandra Palace in December 27 to face Chris Dobey, who wrote on twitter: "Very much looking forward to my game on the 27th congratulations @Fsherrock on yet another great performance."

The Milton Keynes star, who remains a huge outsider for the title, but having been 5000/1 in a place prior to her first match, two wins later she's as short as 150/1 in a place.

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