Fallon Sherrock became the first woman to reach the final of a televised PDC event as she conjured a remarkable comeback to beat Dimitri Van den Bergh.
Already the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship, Sherrock may have topped that achievement in rallying from 7-1, 8-2 and 10-6 down to stun the Belgian 11-10.
Three 100-plus checkouts and seven 180s to Van den Bergh's four helped Sherrock turn the match around, though the Belgian will regret missing eight attempts at match dart.
Sherrock's reward was a meeting with Michael van Gerwen in the final on Saturday night and after leading early on, she eventually succumbed to the Dutchman who ran out an 11-7 winner.
It was van Gerwen's first title of 2021 and he was visibly both relieved and emotional at having fought back from 6-3 down as Sherrock came up one win short.
