RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Beau Greaves took Rob Cross to a last-leg decider before losing out 6-5 on her European Tour debut in the first round of the Hungarian Darts Trophy. <p>Rising star Greaves, 22, made history by becoming the first woman to compete in a PDC European Tour event after qualifying last month for both this weekend's tournament in Budapest and the Czech Darts Open in September.</p><p>And she pushed the experienced Cross to a deciding 11th leg in a thrilling tie on Friday evening, averaging an impressive match-best of 104.88 and hitting five 180s.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/13577801/hungarian-darts-trophy-draw-schedule-results-from-euro-tour-event-with-luke-humphries-michael-van-gerwen-gian-van-veen-in-action">Hungarian Darts Trophy draw and latest results</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/37278/13428768/darts-2026-schedule-and-dates-premier-league-darts-world-matchplay-and-more-with-luke-littler-in-action"><strong>Darts in 2026: Key dates, calendar, results</strong></a> \ud83d\udcc5</li><li><strong><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchDartsApp" target="_blank">Got Sky? Watch on the Sky Sports app</a></strong>\ud83d\udcf1</li><li><strong>Not got Sky? </strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink"><strong>Latest Sky Sports deals</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink"><strong>stream with no contract on NOW</strong></a>\ud83d\udcfa</li></ul><p>Cross, who played well himself with an 101.90 average, had made a flying start to the match with a 170 first-leg checkout but Greaves, who is dominating the PDC women's series, quickly showed her competitiveness and took the next two legs.</p><p>She moved one more leg away from victory at 5-4 but Cross hit back to win the final two, with Greaves left to rue mistakes with her first two darts in the decider when left with 70.</p><widget id="3"></widget><p>Cross seized his first chance at victory by taking out 61, with the 35-year-old to now play Luke Woodhouse in Saturday's second round.</p><p>"Beau is brilliant," said Cross. "She is going places.</p><p>"She has been phenomenal on the ProTour, and I think when she learns her trade on the big stage, she's going to do more.</p><p>"I feel really happy with my set-up at the minute. I think I can do great things, but it's down to me to prove it."</p> <widget id="4"></widget><p>Earlier on Friday evening and Hungary's own Laszlo Kadar had caused the upset of the night by beating Daryl Gurney 6-5. Kadar will now play Jonny Clayton in Saturday's second round.</p><p>Defending champion Niko Springer is also into round two after a comfortable 6-1 win over Maik Kuivenhoven, while former winners Joe Cullen and Dave Chisnall are also through after 6-3 victories against Adam Leek and Andras Borbely respectively.</p><p>Luke Humphries, Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen all enter the tournament in round two.</p><p>Humphries, who returned to winning ways with victory at Players Championship 28 in Leicester on Wednesday, will face an intriguing test against World Matchplay semi-finalist Dirk van Duijvenbode after the Dutchman crushed David Pisek 6-1.</p><h3>2026 Hungarian Darts Trophy results</h3><p><strong>Friday August 28<br />Round One<br />Afternoon Session</strong><br />Jonas Masalin 6-4 Kevin Doets<br />Andrew Gilding 6-0 Milan Biro<br />Ritchie Edhouse 6-1 Connor Scutt<br />Niko Springer 6-1 Maik Kuivenhoven<br />William O'Connor 6-2 Samuel Price<br />Keane Barry 6-2 Martin Schindler<br />Ryan Joyce 6-3 Cristo Reyes<br />Dave Chisnall 6-3 Andras Borbely</p><p><strong>Evening Session</strong><br />Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 David Pisek<br />Laszlo Kadar 6-5 Daryl Gurney<br />Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Callan Rydz<br />Joe Cullen 6-3 Adam Leek<br />Rob Cross 6-5 Beau Greaves<br />Nandor Major 6-5 Niels Zonneveld<br />Tom Sykes 6-1 Cameron Menzies<br />James Hurrell 6-5 Damon Heta</p><p><strong>Who will win this year's BoyleSports World Grand Prix? World No 1 Luke Littler will be defending his title and you can watch all the action from September 28-October 4, live on Sky Sports. </strong><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Stream darts and more top sport with no contract.</strong></a></p>
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