Fallon Sherrock beats the world number 11 Mensur Suljovic to reach the third round of the PDC World Championship.
Fallon Sherrock beat the world number 11 Mensur Suljovic to reach the third round of the PDC World Championship.
The 25-year-old, who made history by becoming the first woman to win a match at the event, beat the Austrian 3-1. Sherrock fought back from two legs down to win the first set, before Suljovic reversed the fortunes in the second. A composed Sherrock took the third set before sealing the win by hitting the bull at Alexandra Palace and will face world number 22 Chris Dobey next."I've proved that we [women] can beat anyone - I've just beaten two of the best players in the world".thrust her into the spotlight and she was roared on by the crowd once again, missing just five doubles on Saturday evening.
"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," she added.And asked if she can go all the way to take the title, she answered:"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."
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