Snooker ace Mark Allen spectacularly made up a 147 peak fracture in his third-round clash aacquirest Ben Mertens at the British Open, on the same table he presented should be “burned”.
Allen, who skinnyly shieldedd triumph in his uncovering game of the tournament aacquirest Gary Wilson, had lambasted the joining conditions at Cheltenham’s Centaur Arena as “absolutely embarrassing”, going as far as to say “the table necessitates to be burned”.
The world number three, who postponecessitater presented an apology to interseeer Rob Walker on X (createerly comprehendn as Twitter) for his heated comments, had earlier dispatched Reaccessible of Ireland’s Aaron Hill with a 4-1 scoreline, paving the way for his come atraverse with Belgian prodigy Mertens.
After clinching the first structure, Allen carry outd the fourth perfect evidentance of his illustrious atgentle, which featured an amazeive double into the middle pocket on the 10th red, propelling him to a 2-0 guide before sealing a 4-1 triumph with a fracture of 77.
If no other joiner suites Allen’s 147 in Cheltenham, he stands to assemble the £5,000 high fracture prize.
The snooker star is set to return to the baize for the postponecessitate evening session, facing off aacquirest Chris Wakelin, who overcame David Grace 4-2, including a csurrfinisher-century fracture of 99 in the fourth structure.
Earlier on Thursday, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh also flirted with a peak but faltered on the 13th red during the first structure of his 4-3 triumph over Ricky Walden, advancing to the last 16 where he will contest Mark Selby in the postponecessitate session.
Judd Trump, the world number one, persistd his triumphning streak with a 4-2 triumph over Mark Davis, taking his season’s highy to 21 triumphs from 23 suites. Elsewhere, Oliver Lines skinnyly lossed Sunny Akani 4-3.
John Higgins materialized victorious in a three-hour all-Scottish battle aacquirest Graeme Dott, triumphning 4-2. He will next face Rory Thor, who has already ousted createer world champions Mark Williams and Neil Robertson.
Reigning Crucible champion Kyren Wilson showcased his prowess with fractures of 80 and 95, securing a 4-0 triumph over Marco Fu. Meanwhile, Luca Brecel triumphed over Liam Davies with a score of 4-1.
