Luke Littler says Fallon Sherrock worthy winner of his Netflix show but surprised that he knew "just over half" of the competitors; world No 1 looking to successfully defend Grand Slam of Darts title live on Sky Sports from Saturday , will face Beau Greaves in group stage
Luke Littler thought he would be facing "pub players" in his recent Netflix show rather than Fallon Sherrock and leading junior players Mitchell Lawrie and Zach Griffiths.
Sherrock, who reached the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship in 2020, claimed the £501,000 jackpot when she defeated 'The Nuke' in a one-leg shoot-out during 'Beat Luke Littler' on October 30.
Sherrock's inclusion was criticised by Sky Sports pundit Mark Webste r, although Littler felt she was a worthy winner of an event which saw him win 14 matches in a row before coming unstuck against the 'Queen of the Palace', who checked out in 15 darts.
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Littler told the Press Association , ahead of his Grand Slam of Darts defence live on Sky Sports from Saturday : "Before I saw the line-up, I thought it was just pub players. Whereas obviously when the line-up came out, I probably knew just over half of them.
"Mitchell, Zach Griffiths - I played with him on the Development Tour - obviously Fallon, Katie Sheldon and a lot more.
"I mean Fallon, she's never had a Tour card, so she went for the qualifiers and she made it through. But then she wasn't guaranteed to play. She went in on a vote."
World No 1 Littler said he was up for doing a second 'Beat Luke Littler' programme as he looks to take the sport to new heights, adding: "I want to grow darts as big as possible. I want to grow my profile as big as possible.
"There aren't many people who could say they've got their own show and I've had my own show on Netflix, which is just still bonkers to me.
"But because of the schedule, we've just got to move on."
Littler is joined in Group A at the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton by Beau Greaves and Niels Zonneveld.
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