Fallon Sherrock’s history-making run at PDC World Darts ended after defeat by Chris Dobey

First woman to beat a man at London-based tournament knocked out in third round

Fallon Sherrock’s history-making run at the PDC World Darts Championship came to an end after losing to Chris Dobey in the third round.

Sherrock made headlines after becoming the first woman to beat a man at the tournament, securing victory over Ted Evetts, before repeating the feat against Mesur Suljovic in the second round.

But the challenge posed by Dobey, the 22nd seed, proved to great for Sherrock, who lost 4-2 to miss out on a place in the last-16.

Fallon, a 2,000-1 outsider at the start of the event, was the clear crowd favourite against Dobey and twice went ahead in the match, winning the first and third sets before Dobey levelled with a whitewash in the fourth set.

Dobey had a stronger three-dart average score of 101.09 to Fallon’s 90.45 but was at first let down by his finishing, missing six darts at doubles to lose the first set.

He recovered his composure and comfortably saw out the match but the moment still belonged to Sherrock, who was serenaded by the infamously boisterous Alexandra Palace crowd as she bowed out of a tournament which she has well and truly shaken up.

“What can I say... what a wonderful experience this week has been,” Sherrock wrote on Twitter afterwards, ”obviously I am disappointed with the result but @Dobey10 was awesome and a true gentlemen, thank you to every one who has been so kind to me, thank you to @OfficialPDC @WilliamHill @SkySportsDarts for having me.”

According to Darts Database, Sherrock has taken home £25,000 in earnings as a result of her first and second round wins.

Dobey will now go head-to-head with Glen Durrant in the last-16.