British Open: Mark Allen survives nervy encounter with Judd Trump to set up Mark Selby quarter-final

30.09.2022 - 09:41 eurosport.com

Mark Allen set up a quarter-final meeting with Mark Selby at the 2022 British Open, squeezing out Judd Trump 4-3 in a tension-filled third round meeting.

A cagey encounter between two familiar foes went the distance late into the Milton Keynes evening, with neither able to consistently produce consistently accurate offensive or defensive play.

Ad It was Trump who appeared to be clicking into gear late on, registering the only century of the match to force a decider.

British Open'I had to share this' — Allen makes incredible five-cushion escape at British OpenYESTERDAY AT 19:24 But Allen, just about, held his nerve to deny Trump a chance at usurping Ronnie O'Sullivan at the top of the world rankings. «I made it harder for myself than I needed it to be,» Allen told ITV after securing victory. «I let Judd back into the match and it looked like he might go on and win the decider like to players do but I just hung in there and made a decent 55. »It was a tricky one.

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Mark Allen admitted he had to overcome some nerves during his 4-1 victory over Chang Bingyu, as the home favourite made a solid start to his Northern Ireland Open defence. The Antrim man made a couple of errors as he lost the opening frame — something he puts down to nerves. But he quickly gathered his composure at the Waterfront, Belfast, to win the next four and seal his place in the second round.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan will touch down at the invitational Hong Kong Masters this week as the world No. 1 despite suffering a shock exit in the opening round of last week's British Open. The world champion retained top spot in the rankings after Judd Trump lost 4-3 to Mark Allen in the last 16.

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Welcome Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of the 2022 British Open final. Ad 'It was embarrassing!' — Day unhappy after error-strewn semi-final win British Open'It was embarrassing' — Day unhappy after error-strewn semi-final win over Williams10 HOURS AGO Ryan Day said he was «embarrassed» with his performance despite progressing through to the British Open final with a gruelling 6-5 semi-final win over Robbie Williams in Milton Keynes. The Welshman will face Mark Allen for the trophy on Sunday, after finding some rhythm to come back from two frames behind and win an error-strewn match that lasted more than three hours.