Mikuru Muramatsu
Japanese darts player
Mikuru Muramatsu (村松 未来, Muramatsu Mikuru; née Suzuki; born 5 February 1982) is a Japanese darts player who competes in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. She is a two-time women's world champion, having won two consecutive BDO World Darts Championship titles.
Career
Suzuki is an experienced soft-tip darts player, having competed in many tournaments and professional tours in her home country of Japan, as well as across east Asia. She began playing darts in her late twenties, winning many mainly soft-tip tournaments in Asia before becoming BDO World Champion aged 36 in 2019.
BDO titles
In 2018, Suzuki qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship as a qualifier, where she caused a huge upset by defeating the reigning champion and number two seed and four-time champion Lisa Ashton in the first round, 2 sets to 0. At the Quarter-Final stages of the championship, she defeated Dutch player Sharon Prins by the same score to reach the Semi-Final. In the Semi-Finals, once again by 2 sets to 0, she defeated Maria O'Brien, keeping her Lakeside record of dropping no sets fully intact to reach her first BDO World Darts Championship final on her debut. She went on to defeat Lorraine Winstanley 3–0 to win the title on her debut year. She did not drop a set en route to the title, and only lost two legs in the Final.
Former professional darts player and current pundit Chris Mason said of her victory on Eurosport that: "She is the Phil Taylor of the ladies' game.
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