<p class="title">Fallon Sherrock was left "buzzing" after making history by becoming the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship when she defeated Ted Evetts late Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sherrock, the former BDO Women's World Championship runner-up, recovered from losing the opening set to beat the 22-year-old Evetts 3-2, scoring six maximum 180s in the first-round contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm buzzing! I can't believe I've made history tonight... done it for the girls, that was amazing," tweeted the 25-year-old Englishwoman from Milton Keynes after prevailing in a pulsating encounter at London's Alexandra Palace.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sherrock went 2-1 up in the deciding set and, holding three match darts at double 18, found the bed with her second to write her name into the history books.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She will face Serbia's Mensur Suljovic, the 11th seed, in round two.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm speechless, I don't know what to say," Sherrock told Sky Sports after her victory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I feel really happy because I have proven something for women's darts, that women can play the men and beat them, so fingers crossed this is a move in the right direction."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The only other female player in the first round draw, Japan's BDO World Champion Mikuru Suzuki, came agonisingly close to beating James Richardson but was edged out in a thrilling final-leg decider by 3-2 on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">bur-dh/rma</p>
<p class="title">Fallon Sherrock was left "buzzing" after making history by becoming the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship when she defeated Ted Evetts late Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sherrock, the former BDO Women's World Championship runner-up, recovered from losing the opening set to beat the 22-year-old Evetts 3-2, scoring six maximum 180s in the first-round contest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm buzzing! I can't believe I've made history tonight... done it for the girls, that was amazing," tweeted the 25-year-old Englishwoman from Milton Keynes after prevailing in a pulsating encounter at London's Alexandra Palace.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sherrock went 2-1 up in the deciding set and, holding three match darts at double 18, found the bed with her second to write her name into the history books.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She will face Serbia's Mensur Suljovic, the 11th seed, in round two.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm speechless, I don't know what to say," Sherrock told Sky Sports after her victory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I feel really happy because I have proven something for women's darts, that women can play the men and beat them, so fingers crossed this is a move in the right direction."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The only other female player in the first round draw, Japan's BDO World Champion Mikuru Suzuki, came agonisingly close to beating James Richardson but was edged out in a thrilling final-leg decider by 3-2 on Sunday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">bur-dh/rma</p>