FALLON SHERROCK’S RUN at the Grand Slam of Darts was ended at the quarter-final stage by Peter Wright.
Sherrock had become the first woman in the tournament’s history to advance out of the group stage after defeating Gabriel Clemens 5-3, clinching the match with a memorable 170 checkout.
The 27-year-old then put in another impressive showing to breeze past Mensur Suljiovic 10-5 on Thursday to set up a showdown with world number two Wright.
Sherrock did not disappoint, hitting a 101 finish to take a 3-1 lead with the first break of the match.
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆!
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) November 20, 2021
Peter Wright books his place in the Semi-Finals of the 2021 @CazooUK Grand Slam of Darts, ending Fallon Sherrock's history-making run in Wolverhampton.
Another brilliant Quarter-Final! pic.twitter.com/0MOh4V599J
But Wright, playing some of his best darts of the week, took four legs on the spin before Sherrock missed double top for 7-7.
A 13-dart leg from Sherrock pulled her back to trail just 14-13 but despite averaging over 100 for most of the match, she was unable to reel Wright in and went down 16-13.
“I’m so proud of myself. I’m absolutely knackered but I tried my best, Peter is amazing,” Sherrock told Sky Sports. “This week has been incredible, I couldn’t have asked for a better week.”
Wright will face Michael Smith, who shocked third seed Michael Van Gerwen 16-13, in the semi-finals.
