England's Fallon Sherrock has kept her dream run alive, after advancing to the third round of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship in London on Sunday (NZ time).
Sherrock made international headlines on Wednesday, when she beat Ted Evetts to become the first woman to win a match at the world champs at Alexandra Palace.
On Sunday, the 25-year-old she backed up that performance with another amazing display, stunning world No. 11 Mensur Suljović 3-1.
"I'm still waiting for it to sink in," Sherrock told Sky Sports UK. "I'm not sure how I'm going to sleep tonight. I'm speechless."
"I've just proved we [women] can beat anyone. I've just beaten two of the best players in the world. If that doesn't say women can play darts, I don't know what can."
With the entire crowd behind her, Sherrock averaged 90.67, while throwing four 180s. But the point of difference was her finishing. She hit 11 of her 16 attempts at double, while Suljović was a disappointing 9/25.
"My finishing was spot on With everything that's been going on, I've been focusing on my finishing because I know I can score.
"I kept telling myself if I can keep up with his scoring, I have to take my chances."
Sherrock fought back from two legs down to win the first set, before Suljovic reversed the fortunes in the second.
A composed Sherrock took the third set before sealing the win by hitting the bull at Alexandra Palace and will face world number 22 Chris Dobey next on December 28 (NZ time).
Asked if she can go all the way to take the title, she answered: "Why not? I have won two games, I am just going to take each game as it comes but there is nothing to say that I can't. I am going to try."
Following her win over Evetts, Sherrock became an international superstar, receiving worldwide coverage and praise from other famous female athletes including tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Her impressive run has earnt her the title of 'Queen of the Palace'.
Sherrock, a hairdresser from Milton Keynes,is the fifth woman to feature at the world championship, after Canadian Gayl King, Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova, England’s Lisa Ashton and current women’s champion Mikuru Suzuki of Japan.
Female players have always had the same chance as the men, with no boundaries set on qualification, but now at least two of the 96 spots are guaranteed to women, after the introduction of British and world qualifiers.
For reaching the third round, Sherrock is guaranteed £25,000 (NZ$49,259)
In the first round of the tournament, world qualifier Suzuki took Englishman James Richardson to a deciding leg, before losing 3-2.
