TV Pundit Cheers 'Diamond' Beau Greaves for Making Darts History with Stunning £15k Win and Incredible 142 Checkout!

BEAU GREAVES is “an absolute diamond” and a future major winner after her history-making triumph, according to pundit Laura Turner.

The 22-year-old 11 final in Milton Keynes to pocket the £15,000 top prize.

Beau Greaves made darts history this week becoming the first female to win a ProTour title Credit: PA The 22-year-old bested former world champion Michael Smith to etch her name into the history books Credit: PDC

Beau n Arrow’s run to glory was nothing short of sensational, including a huge 105.56 average in a crushing 7-1 semi-final win over Gary Anderson.

She had earlier fired in a 102 average to beat 6-5 in the quarter-finals, underlining her ability to live with — and beat — the very best in the sport.

But it was the manner of her final victory that left Turner in awe.

She told talkSPORT : “I have to say, the reaction, I don’t think there were many people watching who know Beau that had a dry eye themselves, because it’s so much pride.

Beau Greaves was overcome with emotion after landing her tournament-winning dart Credit: PDC Darts pundit Laura Turner was in awe of how Greaves performed under the pressure at the oche Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK

“It’s almost like this revelation every time she does the next big thing of like, wow, okay, I can do this.

“She was saying yesterday, ‘I know I’ve got the averages, I know I’ve got the game, I know I can do it,’ but actually doing it is something completely different.

“And in the manner of doing it, I think had a three-figure number to set up double 10 and she sat on 142 and pings it out to take the title.

“Pressure makes diamonds, and she is an absolute diamond on and off the oche.”

Turner also highlighted the pressure Greaves has carried as the only female Tour Card holder on the circuit.

She added: “You’ve got to think she’s probably been carrying this weight that everyone keeps talking about.

“She’s on the ProTour, she’s managed to get a Tour Card through doing so well on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour.

“But she’s the only female player doing it, so everyone’s like she’s carrying this weight on her shoulders for the women’s side of the sport as well.

“But for me, at the moment, you can put that all aside because she’s proving herself to just be that player we’ve all spoken about, able to mix it at the top.”

Greaves’ rapid rise is already changing perceptions and inspiring the next generation of girls to follow suit on the oche.

Turner said: “It’s massive. You go back to Fallon Sherrock, when she won at the World Championship, I was there in commentary and you just never expected the reaction that it got.

“It started to break down barriers in terms of girls and women going, ‘I didn’t really know this was an option for us.’

“Now you’ve got academies that are absolutely bursting at the seams, not just with young boys but with girls as well.

“They’re now seeing what Fallon did, seeing what Lisa did, seeing now what Beau is doing and doing it at such a high level, that they’re like, ‘Wow, okay, I really want to get involved in this.

“This looks great. Now it looks like an opportunity.’

“It’s that whole Billie Jean King saying, ‘see it to be it.’

“Now we’re starting to see it more and more, it becomes more appealing to younger girls and to women.

“ is a sport you can take up at any age as well.

“The more players that can inspire the next generation, then the better it is.”

Turner believes this could just be the beginning for Greaves and insists she has what it takes to lift a PDC Premier crown in her career.

She continued: “Absolutely, I really do. I’m not saying it’s going to happen overnight.

“But if you look at the performances she’s had, even pushing last year at the UK Open, we know she’s got those levels.

“She’s now picked up that ProTour title and I do think it’s a development.

“I don’t say it to put pressure on her shoulders, if it happens, it happens. Some of the best players in the world have never quite got across the line with a major.

“But this is a massive step in the right direction for her, and if it can just build confidence.

“She mentioned herself that she’s hoping to transition these performances onto the bigger stage.

“The more she gets to do it, the more comfortable she will feel in that environment, get used to those longer formats as well.

“She’s gone from short formats to now winning races to eight, and hopefully when it comes to the World Championship and other major tournaments, she’ll be qualifying for them and starting to make more inroads.”