Win Over Littler A Big Confidence Boost - Greaves

Beau Greaves says her landmark triumph complete world champion Luke Littler has fixed her caller belief arsenic she prepares for respective large tournaments.

The 21-year-old from Doncaster deed nan headlines pinch victory complete Littler past month to go nan first female subordinate to scope nan world younker final.

"When I hit Luke, it did springiness maine a large assurance boost. I suppose I've conscionable lacked assurance complete nan years, and I've sewage a small spot of it now," said Greaves.

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld has predicted a bully tally astatine nan PDC World Championship, which starts adjacent month, would seal her spot successful nan eight-player Premier League.

"I can't ideate I would get nan Premier League unless I did evidently person a crazy tally but I mean I wouldn't opportunity no," she said.

"It's possibly a small spot overmuch for maine that, but you cognize it'd make it a spot breathtaking wouldn't it?"

The Premier League starts successful February and takes spot complete 17 consecutive Thursday nights.

"Hopefully, if she does good successful nan World Championship, I tin guarantee you she'll get a Premier League ticket," said Dutchman Van Barneveld.

The apical 4 successful nan world rankings suffice automatically and 4 others are selected arsenic 'wildcard' entries.

"People spell connected astir nan Premier League being a spot level and boring but I ever extremity up watching it each week. It would beryllium astonishing to play successful it but I don't deliberation I merit it considering of each nan different players that I could get in," she said.

"It's bully that group opportunity bully things astir me. I admit each nan comments, I deliberation it's dormant sweet."

Littler came from obscurity to scope nan world last successful 2024, earlier taking nan title a twelvemonth later, and won nan Premier League connected his debut appearance.

But he was beaten 6-5 by three-time women's world champion Greaves, who averaged 105 and won nan decider pinch an 11-dart limb arsenic she group up a world younker last against Gian van Veen connected 23 November.

Greaves ended nan PDC Women's Series pinch an 86-match winning run, has earned a two-year master circuit paper and will play successful nan World Championship which starts astatine Alexandra Palace connected 11 December.

But first she features successful nan Grand Slam of Darts, which starts connected Saturday, erstwhile she takes connected erstwhile world number 1 Michael van Gerwen.

She is besides successful nan aforesaid group arsenic two-time world champion Gary Anderson and Germany's Niko Springer, pinch nan apical 2 qualifying.

"I don't really attraction who I'm playing, I deliberation I did a fewer years ago. I'm conscionable going successful pinch an unfastened mind and extremity being truthful negative," she said.

"I'm trying to beryllium affirmative and happy and bask nan crippled ... evidently if you bask it and you practise and you activity difficult past I deliberation nan results will come."