Luke Littler in line to face Fallon Sherrock in SECOND ROUND as PDC World Darts Championship draw throws up epic tie

The potential epic tie cropped up during Sky Sports’ live draw for next month’s competition.

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Luke Littler is in line to face Fallon Sherrock in the second round of the World Darts ChampionshipCredit: Getty

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Sherrock will first have to get past Ryan Meikle in the first roundCredit: GettyGrand Slam and Premier League champ Littler has already qualified for the second round of the Ally Pally spectacle, which carries a £500,000 cash prize.

While Sherrock, whose boyfriend is fellow darts star Cameron Menzies, will initially face Ryan Meikle in the first round.

And the winner of that tie will set up a mouth-watering showdown against seeded Littler, who reached last year’s final on his debut before losing to Luke Humphries.

The defending champ, who also beat Littler in yesterday’s Players Championship final, will come up against either Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito.

But there will be no repeat of Humphries and Littler’s final, with the two men on the same side of the draw and on course to face each other in the semis.

Elsewhere, Michael van Gerwen takes on the winner of James Hurrell vs Jim Long.

While out-of-form Peter Wright faces one of Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto.

Meanwhile, Sherrock’s partner Menzies faces a first-round match against Leonard Gates.

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And his reward for winning that would be a spicy second-round tie against Nathan Aspinall.

The World Championship starts next month on December 15.

It runs all the way through to January 3, 2025.

Fans reacted with delight to the draw, with one saying: “Potentially Luke Littler v Fallon Sherrock and it could actually break the internet. That is f*****g massive.”

Another declared: “The Sky Sports team must be loving it.”

One noted: “Some exciting matchups brewing Littler vs. Sherrock could steal the show.”

Another added: “How are Littler and Humphries in the same half of the draw?  Bad planning.”

The Ally Pally spectacle is the biggest event on the darts calendar.

And all eyes will be on Littler to see if he can finally get his hands on the top prize.

Darts World Championship full draw

Second round draw (seeded vs first-round winner)

• Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito

• Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz

• James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont

• Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto

• Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt

• Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Ramza or Christian Kist

• Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb

• Mike De Decker vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

• Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock

• Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing

• Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas

• Ryan Searle vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell

• Rob Cross vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer

• Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong

• Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates

• Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

• Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven

• Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo

• Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx

• Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin

• Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto

• Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan

• Gerwyn Price vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry

• Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

• Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell or Jim Long

• Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee

• Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting

• Ross Smith vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida

• Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers

• Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen

• Dimitri Van den Bergh vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin

• Martin Schindler vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac