Postpublished at 20:51 GMT 19 December 2025
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (2-2)
Beau Greaves breaks and hits back, finishing on double 16.
Greaves now with the darts in the final leg of the set.
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Gurney 1-1 Greaves (2-2)
Beau Greaves breaks and hits back, finishing on double 16.
Greaves now with the darts in the final leg of the set.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (2-1)
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
That's more like it. No reaction from Daryl, he's all business. He's having to work really hard here and he gets himself in position to win the third set.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (2-1)
Daryl Gurney breaks Beau Greaves' throw to go 2-1 up.
A maximum makes the difference as he gets down to a finish first and eventually takes out 41.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (1-1)
Daryl Gurney misses three darts at double eight, but Beau Greaves can't punish him.
She gets the initial 16 but can't get the double to check out 48.
Gurney comes back to the board, hits a single eight and then pins double four. That is a let-off for Gurney.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (0-1)
Beau Greaves has taken her time to find her rhythm but she's done so now.
This leg starts with a maximum and, although her scoring slows down, she eventually takes out 25 to hold her throw.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (0-0)
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
That double 10 [in the second leg of the second set] felt big. Daryl Gurney was waiting on 32 and we were talking of him breezing through set two.
Gurney 1-1 Greaves (1-3)
Beau Greaves can't be stopped when she's playing like that.
A 10-dart leg to win the set. She pins double eight while Daryl Gurney is still stranded on 247.
All level at Alexandra Palace.
Image source, PA MediaGurney 1-0 Greaves (1-2)
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
This is a real purple patch for Beau Greaves and she's racing away with the set now.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (1-2)
Dan Dawson
Commentator on Sky Sports
This game has changed. Beau Greaves has arrived.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (1-2)
A 12-dart break and a finish on the bullseye!
Beau Greaves gets a 180, 134 and takes out 128 with a single 18, treble 20 and the bull, to take the lead in the set.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (1-1)
Beau Greaves holds her throw to level.
Daryl Gurney works his way down to 32, but Greaves checks out 53 - hitting the double 10 when needed with her final dart - to take the leg.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (1-0)
Daryl Gurney starts the first leg of set two with a maximum and goes on to hold his throw.
He takes out 54, single and double 18, to win the leg.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (0-0)
An average of 87.14 in the first set for Daryl Gurney, 81.99 for Beau Greaves.
Both hit 33.33% of their doubles.
Gurney 1-0 Greaves (3-2)
Image source, PA MediaBeau Greaves throws first in this fifth leg, but in an edgy leg by both players, Daryl Gurney eventually works his way down to requiring tops and hits it first time.
The 22nd seed takes the first set.
Gurney 0-0 Greaves (2-2)
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
Daryl Gurney now has to find a break again, he missed two set darts in that leg.
Whoever gets through this opening set and leads, it'll feel like a massive weight off their shoulders. This first set is so important.
Gurney 0-0 Greaves (2-2)
Beau Greaves breaks back!
80 left to check out and she hits the single 20 twice but can't find the double.
Daryl Gurney goes for the treble 18 before heading down to the 16s to check out 86, but he hits the single and can't get double eight.
Greaves comes back to the board, hits a single 20 and then lands one in the double 10.
Gurney 0-0 Greaves (2-1)
Beau Greaves throws for double eight after Daryl Gurney can't hit double four... she drags it into the double 16.
Gurney responds by pinning his double and breaking Greaves' throw.
Gurney 0-0 Greaves (1-1)
Daryl Gurney throws 59 needing 149 and Beau Greaves, on 175, responds by setting up a potential finish on tops.
The set-up play doesn't matter, though, as Gurney checks out 90 - treble 20 and double 15.
Gurney 0-0 Greaves (0-1)
Mark Webster
Former BDO world champion on Sky Sports
A hold of throw and survives a dart for a break to throw. No messing about with that 58.
Image source, PA MediaGurney 0-0 Greaves (0-1)
Two darts into the treble 20 to kick things off for Beau Greaves, but her third strays into the single one.
Greaves is clinical to seal the first leg. Daryl Gurney misses tops, she deals with 58 with one in single 18 and one in tops.
One leg up for Greaves.