HAIR WE GO

Fallon must win clash of the crimpers to earn dream shot at Luke the Nuke

- MIKE WALTERS

IN the crimpers derby, Fallon Sherrock will have to cut Ryan Meikle down to size to earn a dream shot at Luke Littler.

Meikle, a Suffolk barber by trade, once gave the Queen of the Palace a pair of clippers in her previous incarnation as a freelance hairdresser.

Tonight they meet in the first round at the Paddy Power PDC World Championship with the incentive of a Saturday night prime-time shoot-out against Luke the Nuke awaiting the winner. And if either of them goes on to topple the boy wonder of darts, it will feel as if Littler's fairytale rise has fallen off the edge of a quiff.

Sherrock shot to fame five years ago when she became the first woman to beat male opposition at the tournament, turfing out Ted Evetts and Mensur Suljovic before bowing out in the third round against Chris Dobey.

She wishes it had not been 28-year-old Meikle, ranked No.62 in the world, standing between her and a potential meeting with Littler (right).