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Fallon Sherrock clearly defeated Mensur Suljovic in the round of 16
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Fallon Sherrock made history at the Grand Slam of Darts: The Englishwoman was the first woman to reach the quarter-finals of a TV tournament. With her clear 10: 5 win over the Austrian Mensur Suljovic, the 27-year-old defeated the third top player in a row and can now hope for a great success at the important tournament in Wolverhampton. “It wasn't the greatest game, but I don't care. I take this victory with me. I'm so proud of myself, I'm happy, "said Sherrock in the subsequent TV interview.
After the opening defeat against ex-world champion Peter Wright (Scotland), she won against Mike de Decker (5: 0), the German Gabriel Clemens (5: 3) and now Suljovic.
"Tonight there was more pressure on me, but I tried to get it out of my head and concentrate," said the "Queen of the Palace", as Sherrock has been called since her historic World Cup victories at Alexandra Palace.
She had already defeated the Austrian by then.
Sherrock has already qualified for the World Cup
In the quarter-finals on Saturday (start not before 8.15 p.m.) it is now again against Wright. Sherrock is again considered an outsider against the world number two. “I'm really looking forward to the game against Peter. Hopefully I'll hit the doubles better this time and it'll be a closer match. «The seven other quarter-finalists besides Sherrock are all in the top 15 of the world rankings.
Sherrock has again qualified for the World Cup in London, which will be held in the legendary "Ally Pally" from December 15th.
Many experts treat it as an insider tip on the title.
The British woman impressively demonstrated how good her form actually is in the sovereign success against de Decker.
There she set a new record with an average of 101.55 points - and thus improved the previous record of 51-year-old British Lisa Ashton (100.34).
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