Darts’ golden couple face ‘awkward and spicy’ encounter in World Championship first round

CAMERON MENZIES could look woman Fallon Sherrock successful the archetypal circular of the World Darts Championship.

The sport's power couple person some qualified for the upcoming blockbuster tourney astatine Ally Pally.

Menzies, 35, who precocious won his archetypal PDC rankings title, qualified done the Pro Tour Order of Merit.

While Sherrock, 30, forced her spot done the PDC Women's Series.

And darts ace Vincent van der Voort, 48, believes a face-off betwixt the loved-up brace would beryllium some a "spicy and awkward encounter".

He told the Darts Draait Door podcast: "It would beryllium truly fantastic if fellow and woman had to play each different astatine the World Championship.

"And not successful the 2nd circular only, but close successful the archetypal round.

"It's large due to the fact that anterior to that spicy brushwood you unrecorded successful the aforesaid location for 2 and a fractional weeks portion you cognize you person to vie against each other.

"That's inactive abstracted and awkward each the same. But I would find it the astir amusive scenario.

"There volition ever beryllium other hostility connected a lucifer similar this, due to the fact that you person to play the idiosyncratic who has been with you each day.

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"Then you anticipation for a nonaccomplishment for the different person, but you tin get it yourself successful this situation."

The pair, who got unneurotic successful 2021, had their first day successful KFC and moved successful unneurotic a twelvemonth later.

Menzies has credited Sherrock for helping him with his career.

He revealed: “She helps maine tremendously. When we were dating successful the beginning, I was successful Scotland a batch and she was successful England.

"But we often played against each different by video calling during signifier sessions. And we inactive bash signifier unneurotic a lot.

"Honestly: without her I wouldn’t beryllium wherever I americium today. She besides keeps pressing maine to bid due to the fact that we some get lazy if we don’t practice.

"Who is the amended of the 2 of us? I deliberation I’m a tad better, but she’s amended connected signifier erstwhile you're successful the spotlight. She conscionable handles that better."

Semi-pro Menzies, who works arsenic a plumber to enactment his darts career, is known arsenic a flamboyant player.

He got himself successful occupation aft labelling himself a "fat f***" moments unrecorded connected aerial aft winning his archetypal PDC ranking title.

He could inactive look a good from the Darts Regulation Authority for his colourful language.

The Scottish ace bushed Stephen Bunting 8-4 to triumph the Players Championship 29 lawsuit successful Leicester past Wednesday.

History-maker Sherrock, who bagged an MBE past year, volition vie astatine her 5th PDC World Darts Championship successful December.

In 2019, Sherrock became the archetypal pistillate subordinate to triumph a lucifer astatine the Alexandra Palace tournament.