Sherrock’s synthetic success over Littler and why Netflix’s darts special felt so dissatisfying | Jonathan Liew

Fallon Sherrock won Netflix's 'Beat Luke Littler' special event, defeating the young darts sensation and walking away with £501,000 in prize money. Commentator Gary Lineker described her as 'a hairdresser from Milton Keynes,' a characterisation that Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew critiques as reductive, noting Sherrock has spent the past decade as a de facto professional darts player. Sherrock first rose to fame during her historic third-round run at the 2019 PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace.