Fallon Sharrock remembers receiving key guidance from darts great Michael van Gerwen during her historic performance at the World Championships. Sharrock is still known as the Queen of the Palace thanks to her incredible performance at Alexandra Palace in 2019. She defeated Ted Ebbets in the first round, becoming the first woman to defeat a male player in a PDC main event, then Sherrock defeated former World Matchplay finalist Mensur Suljovic, before eventually losing to Chris Dobby in the third round. Sherrock was one of the most popular stars in the world at Christmas and was inundated with enquiries and messages from sporting legends such as Billie Jean King. But the hype around her time became overwhelming, prompting three-time world champion Van Gerwen to step in.That’s why I keep saying we need more opportunities to play against the men, because that will improve our game. I think female players might be afraid to play against men on a regular basis.”They feel comfortable in their own little league and are happy just competing against each other. If they pushed themselves then they’d see just how much their game could actually improve.”Why use our paraphrasing tool?The Paraphraser has
