PDC Ladies’s Sequence: Laura Turner on upsetting Beau Greaves and the race to the Ladies’s Matchplay | Darts Information

Laura Turner

Sky Sports activities Darts commentator

Laura Turner upsets Beau Greaves on the PDC Ladies’s Sequence which sees 4 totally different winners because the race to achieve the Ladies’s World Matchplay hots up; The Premier League Play-Offs return to The O2 in London on Thursday, Might 25 – dwell on Sky Sports activities Motion from 7pm

Laura Turner upset Beau Greaves and reached the Occasion Seven last on the PDC Ladies’s Sequence in Milton Keynes

Sky Sports activities’ Laura Turner upset Beau Greaves after one other dramatic weekend of motion on the PDC Ladies’s Sequence with the race to achieve Blackpool heating up properly.

Greaves dominated the opening weekend of the 2023 Ladies’s Sequence in February, claiming a hat-trick of titles at Leicester’s Morningside Area, earlier than Japanese sensation Mikuru Suzuki ended her exceptional 70-match successful run with Occasion Three success.

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Teenage sensation ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ got here by means of a 118-player area to say the £2,000 prime prize in Occasion 5, whereas Welsh star Rhian O’Sullivan underlined her credentials to say a maiden Ladies’s Sequence crown towards Greaves in Occasion Six.

Eire’s Robyn Byrne received her first title with success in Occasion Seven, defeating Turner 5-1 within the last earlier than Suzuki swept to victory in Occasion Eight.

Turner recorded arguably the most important scalp of her profession thus far because the Surrey thrower shocked Greaves 5-4 within the quarter-finals of Occasion Seven en path to the ultimate.

“To beat Beau, who’s the in-form participant, I used to be actually happy,” she stated. “I simply ran out of steam in the long run towards Robyn, however she performed rather well all weekend. I’d have taken that beforehand.

“We all know the averages that Beau can put in though she did not fairly discover that prime gear towards me, however from my perspective it was all about holding my nerve. She missed three darts at double within the deciding leg. She gave me an opportunity and I used to be simply happy to have taken it.”

Greaves noticed her exceptional 70-match successful streak come to an finish on the Ladies’s Sequence

Turner believes the newest Ladies’s Sequence showcased the energy in depth on the tour, whereas the race to achieve the Ladies’s Matchplay continues to be very a lot up for grabs.

“Beau has dominated the collection since she joined the tour final 12 months, however even earlier than that it was all the time Lisa (Ashton) and Fallon (Sherrock) successful, so I feel it is nice simply to see the depth coming by means of,” Turner stated. “Having 4 totally different winners and 4 high quality winners, I feel it is testomony as a result of we’re pushing and making an attempt to compete.

“There actually is not any simple video games as a result of you recognize that it is such an open draw there might be some brutal matches. There is no such thing as a switch-off time. It’s a must to hit the bottom operating.”

The Ladies’s Sequence returns on June 24-25 for an extra 4 occasions, which is able to happen at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, with the highest eight gamers on the rolling Ladies’s Sequence Order of Benefit after Occasion 12 qualifying for the Ladies’s World Matchplay, which takes place on Sunday, July 23 on the Winter Gardens.

On the race to Blackpool, Turner stated: “It is nonetheless very open so it’ll be an fascinating one and it’ll go all the way down to the wire.

“The weekend in Hildesheim goes to be massive relying on who travels however I am hoping to see fairly a excessive variety of entries heading over to Germany. It is all all the way down to efficiency on the day and the draw.”

“When the collection has been dominated by the identical gamers, you recognize it’s a must to enhance and it’s a must to take these alternatives as and after they current themselves. We’re additionally getting used to enjoying in that surroundings. It is aggressive and thrilling.

“I can be practising as a result of I wish to give myself a chance to do effectively. I wish to progress and I wish to make the Matchplay however I additionally wish to carry out and play effectively so there’s one thing I can maintain taking ahead.”

Mikuru Suzuki, who averaged over 94 in three of her six video games in Occasion Eight, sits in second place on the Ladies’s Sequence Order of Benefit

Turner, who works as a recruitment coordinator for her day job, additionally moonlights as a darts analyst for Sky Sports activities in addition to enjoying common occasions for her native staff and on the Ladies’s Sequence, which makes for a busy life-style.

Giving a run-down of her routine, Turner stated: “I labored the day after which travelled as much as Sheffield for Thursday evening’s Premier League then left at 5 o’clock within the morning to get again for work after which I used to be up on the break of day to move to Milton Keynes for the Ladies’s Sequence, so it may be powerful however I would not change it for the world.

“I like the commentary facet. I like enjoying the darts and recognize every thing that is being put on the market for us on the Ladies’s Sequence. By the point I acquired to the fourth occasion, I used to be fairly drained.”

The highest two gamers from the ultimate PDC Ladies’s Sequence Order of Benefit will qualify to compete within the 2023/24 World Darts Championship, alongside the winner of the 2023 Ladies’s World Matchplay.

We’re again for extra Premier League Darts motion from London’s O2 for the Play-Offs on Thursday, Might 25 – dwell on Sky Sports activities Motion from 7pm.