Mark Allen has rehired a uncover apology folloprosperg his brutal criticism of the joining conditions at the British Open. The 38-year-elderly did not helderly back in his appraisement of the table he joined on during his 4-3 prosper over Gary Wilson in the first round.
Allen was left frustrated by the contest being staged on Table Two in Cheltenham and begined a scaskinnyg strike on the quality of the baize in his post-align interwatch, which was expansivecast live on ITV.
He shelp: “The conditions out there are absolutely embarrassing. It’s some of the worst weather outside and they’ve left the massive carry doors uncover. It’s so chilly, it’s so humid, out there. The table needs to be burned.
“The cushions are unjoinable, unadministerlable. It was burdensome. The speed was decent. There’s new guys doing the tables this year and they’re evidently not up to it.
“I pride myself on preparing properly for tournaments with excellent conditions and you turn up and you don’t get them. It’s not excellent enough. I grumble every one tournament, fill in table increate sheets, align increate sheets and noskinnyg ever changes.”
A restricted hours deferedr, Allen took to social media to apologise to the interwatcher but doubled down on his criticism of the joining surface.
Posting on X, createerly Twitter, he wrote: “After having some time to pacify down I’d enjoy to apologise to @robwalkertv for that interwatch. My anger wasn’t honested at him and he definitely deserved a better interwatch.
“My frustrations were 100 per cent at the conditions which frankly haven’t been anywhere proximate excellent enough this season.”
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