Sherrock battled back from two sets to one down to seal a victory over Ted Evetts at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) event at Alexandra Palace in London, sending the crowd wild.
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“I’m absolutely over the moon,” said Sherrock in a post-match interview. “I can’t believe I’ve just made history.”
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The PDC men’s World Championship features 96 players each year, and there are two spots for women.
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“We just need more opportunities to prove ourselves,” she said of the decision to allow mixed competition.
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Sherrock said she didn’t remember much about the match, but “enjoyed every minute of it.”
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The 25-year-old has become one of the top female players in the world, and her star continues to rise.
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Sherrock became the fifth woman to compete in the world championships, and the fourth since a pathway for qualification was created for women in 2019.
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She qualified by winning the UK & Ireland women’s qualifying event in November.
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In 2000, Gayl King became the first woman to play at the PDC World Championship. Anastasia Dobromyslova (2009 and 2019) and England’s Lisa Ashton (2019) also played matches at Alexandra Palace.
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Sherrock’s victory propels her into the second round of the championship, where she will face off against No. 11 seed Mensur Suljovic Saturday.
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On Wednesday morning, Sherrock appeared on Good Morning Britain, a TV talk show on UK network ITV, explaining just what her victory meant.
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“Last night I proved to myself and everyone else that us women we can play darts against the men and we can beat them,” she said.
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The 22-year-old Evetts was magnanimous in defeat, writing on Twitter: “Enjoy it all, more than deserved. Well done on making history.”
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Sherrock also acknowledged the role of female Japanese player Mikuru Suzuki, who narrowly missed out on becoming the first woman to win a PDC World Championship match Sunday.
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“Without her I don’t think I would have believed in myself,” said Sherrock.
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Suzuki, who won the British Darts Organisation’s women’s world title in January, earned her place at the tournament by winning the Rest of the World qualifier in Hildesheim, Germany in November.
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Alongside the PDC World Championship is one of the sport’s major tournaments alongside the BDO World Championships.
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The tournament final is scheduled for January 1.
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