Beau Greaves: Darts star wins 24th PDC Women’s Series title in Niedernhausen, Germany | Darts News

Beau Greaves won her 24th PDC Women’s Series title in Niedernhausen, Germany, but failed to complete the series cleanly as Aileen de Graaf then took her first win in the event

Greaves, who recently won the Women’s World Matchplay title in Blackpool, reached the final of the Series 13 tournament on Saturday afternoon, where she beat Dutch player Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-1.

The Doncaster star, however, failed to win in the second event of Series 14, when she was beaten 4-3 in the last 16 by De Graaf, who then defeated compatriot Anca Zijlstra 5-2 in an all-Dutch final to secure her first triumph in the series.

Greaves, nicknamed “Beau ‘n’ Arrow”, made it three straight wins to reach the last eight, eliminating Fiona Roberts, Priscilla Steenbergen and Kelly Streef before sweeping aside Daniela Schug 5-2 in the quarter-finals.

She continued the run with a thumping 5-1 victory over Natalie Gilbert in the last four, before posting a stunning 148 checkout to wrap up victory over Van Leuven by the same scoreline.

Van Leuven also impressed in reaching her third Women’s Series final of 2024, averaging 90 and 92 in victories over Kim Holden and Aurora Fochesato.

The Dutch star then overturned a 4-2 deficit against Robyn Byrne in the round of 16, and won four consecutive matches from 4-1 down to eliminate De Graaf in the semi-finals.

However, De Graaf got revenge for that result, claiming her first PDC title in Event 14, sealing it with a hard-fought 5-2 victory over Anca Zijlstra.

De Graaf, the 2022 Women’s World Matchplay runner-up, had lost all five of her previous Women’s Series finals but ultimately prevailed to become the seventh different winner on the tour in 2024.

After convincing victories over Sandy Wolf, Laura Patton and Tanja Klueners, De Graaf survived the darts matches in the last 16, thwarting Greaves’ bid for a back-to-back title.

The 34-year-old then won 5-2 against Van Leuven in the quarter-finals, before beating four-time Lakeside women’s champion Lisa Ashton in a heavyweight semi-final.

Zijlstra eliminated two-time Lakeside women’s champion Mikuru Suzuki and former world No. 1 Lorraine Winstanley on her way to the final of Event 14, only to fall to her compatriot.

PDC Women’s Series 2024
Saturday 10 August, H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen
Event 13
Quarter-finals
Daniela Schug 5-2
Natalie Gilbert 5-4 Rhian O’Sullivan
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-4 Robyn Byrne
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Laura Turner

Semi-finals
Natalie Gilbert 5-1
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5-4 Aileen de Graaf

Final
Beau Greaves 5-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Event 14
Quarter-finals
Anca Zijlstra 5-1 Lorraine Hyde
Lorena Winstanley 5-2 Aletta Wajer
Lisa Ashton 5-1 Neuza Araujo
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Semi-finals
Anca Zijlstra 5-4 Lorena Winstanley
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Lisa Ashton

Final
Aileen de Graaf 5-2 Anca Zijlstra

What’s next on Vscek?

The BoyleSports World Grand Prix 2024 is the next event in the Vscek darts calendar.

The annual £600,000 tournament will take place at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena from 7 to 13 October, with 32 of the world’s biggest stars battling it out for the coveted title won by Luke Humphries.

Humphries celebrated his first televised title with victory over Gerwyn Price in last year’s tournament; the world No. 1 will return to defend his title later this year.

Six-time champion Michael van Gerwen will also star, while teenage superstar Luke Littler is set to make his debut with a double start in the East Midlands.

Compared to last year’s format, the semifinals on Saturday, October 12 will be played as best-of-nine sets, while the final set will be played as best-of-11 sets on Sunday, October 13.

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