Greaves out of Grand Slam despite win over Zonneveld

Beau Greaves was eliminated from the Grand Slam of Darts at the group stage despite ending her campaign with a win over Niels Zonneveld in Wolverhampton. Greaves, 22, beat Dutchman Zonneveld 5-3 but it was not enough to keep her in the competition after Saturday's heavy defeat by Luke Littler.The three-time women's world champion fought back impressively from 3-1 down, winning three consecutive legs to take the lead in the best-of-five match. She missed two match darts in a tense final leg but 28-year-old Zonneveld could not capitalise, failing to take out 154 before Greaves finished with double eight to seal the victory. Zonneveld will face defending champion Littler next and will need to beat him 5-2 or better in order to progress instead of the world number one. Earlier in the day, Rob Cross started his campaign with a crushing 5-1 win to eliminate fifth seed Jonny Clayton, who suffered back-to-back defeats. Clayton claimed the first leg but Cross surged back to win five in a row and finished with an average of 114.32, including three 180s. Sixth seed Ross Smith was also knocked out despite edging a 5-4 thriller against German Gabriel Clemens.The pair were neck and neck at 4-4 before Smith won the deciding leg, but his defeat by Rusty-Jake Rodriguez on Saturday meant that he could not qualify.Northern Ireland's Josh Rock, who was eighth seed, is also out after defeat by Kevin Doets, while 15th seed Luke Woodhouse has been also eliminated.