The Cumbrian put up a battling performance in her debut at Frimley Green but simply could not match the firepower of the East European.

Bateman, whose partner Rab Butler is one of the tournament’s referees had constantly refused to travel to the championship to watch. She said she would only walk through the doors of the Lakeside club as a player in the women’s event.

And her determination paid off when she came through the playoff qualifiers to win her right to play on the stage at “the home of world darts.”

She made a dream start to take the opening leg of the match and then battled back from 2-1 down, taking the match to a deciding fifth leg, which Dobromyslava clinched with an impressive 91 checkout finished on double 14.

Bateman missed double tops twice to lead the second set as the experienced Russian edged ominously 2-0 ahead with 18 and 17-dart finishes.

The Barrow girl failed to hit a match-saving 170 and Dobromyslava coolly hit single 20, missed with her second dart but deftly flicked the third into the match-winning double 20 to move into the last four.