Fallon Sherrock's dream run at the PDC World Championships came to an end at Alexandra Palace on Saturday morning, with a gutsy 4-2 third-round defeat against Chris Dobey.
Sherrock, the first woman ever to win a match at darts' showpiece event, roared into a 2-1 lead as Dobey repeatedly wilted under the pressure of deafening boos when looking to close out legs. But the former motorway worker grew into the match and finally ended Sherrock's run - after she had beaten Ted Evetts and Mensur Suljovic - to book his place in the fourth round on Sunday.
In many ways, the result of this match matters little. Sherrock's legacy is already assured and there is no doubting this is now her world - an overwhelmingly masculine stage lauded over by a teetotal mother-of-one.
"Fallon will you marry me," flashed one sign in front of her face as she sheepishly looked round an arena littered with pockets of blonde-wigged, pink-shirted groups of lookalikes.
The £25,000 (NZ$48,839) she will earn for her run at this tournament far outweighs any previous payday, but will likely prove insignificant in light of her sponsorship potential going forward into the World Series of Darts at Madison Square Garden next summer. Few expected her even to get this far and there was little disappointment as she was cheered on stage after the loss.